Building Tomorrow's Leaders  Identifying and Developing Leaders
How to recognize leadership potential.  © iStockphoto
Organizations need leaders – and not just in top executive
positions.  Leaders are people who have the vision to see what
needs to be done, and to motivate and energize people to perform
excellently.  With strong leadership skills in place at all
levels of your organization, you'll find it much easier to build
a strong, respected and prosperous business.  However, spotting
people with leadership potential is not always easy.  To ensure
your business's continuing performance, you need to identify
these people and nurture their leadership potential – it's a
potential that's far too valuable to waste.  So, how do certain
people show they have what it takes to lead others?  The Right
Kind of Potential  It's common to label high achievers as
potential leaders. Unfortunately, it's not that simple: If
people perform well, that only shows that they're well suited to
their jobs.  Let's look at two ex