How to Spot an Emerging Leader in Your Workplace

An emerging leader stands out in the workplace. With a keen eye, you can spot team members who have the potential to become strong leaders. This will help pave the way for a successful future of your company. In this blog, we’ll share some tips on how to spot these employees with leadership potential.

Individuals who take Initiative and Drive Results

These individuals are not content to follow the status quo; they take initiative and look for innovative ways to drive results in the workplace as well as improve existing processes. They are also proactive in identifying problems and coming up with best solutions.

Individuals with High Adaptablity

These employee’s have the ability to quickly adapt to change, new situations, and overall challenges in the workplace. During times of disruption like COVID they are the first to adapt and often come up with better ways of doing things.

Individuals with Emotional Intelligence

Being emotionally intelligent is all about an individual’s ability to understand and manage their own emotions so that they are regulated. Emerging leaders are in tune with their overall emotions and are able to regulate them.

Great Problem Solvers

Emerging leaders are good at identifying complex problems, breaking them down into manageable tasks, and developing resourceful solutions. Hence they are usually the first port of call when problems arise in the workplace.

Highly Developed Interpersonal Skills

Emerging leaders have highly developed interpersonal skills like empathy, teamwork, positivity and emotional maturity. Even if they are quite young their maturity is often highly developed like that of an older individual.