By Tarunkumar Singhal, Raman Jokhakar, Chartered Accountants
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In my many years of observing leaders, I have noticed a number of signs that a person has high potential for corporate leadership… Leaders aren’t born with the phenomenal breadth and scope of thinking that characterises successful leaders of big companies, but those with a drive to constantly search for more information and see things from a broader view have the potential for it. Some young leaders exhibit a conceptual ability to rise above the details, to see a broader context than their peers, and to place themselves and their immediate accomplishments within that broader context. Leaders must also be able to make sense of all they take in and set a clear course of action.
After gathering information from multiple sources and shaping several alternatives, they have to be able to sort out what is important, make a decision and act on it. Even at lower levels, information is often muddled and the right path is often unclear, but leaders with high potential find clarity and act decisively despite the uncertainty and ambiguity that stymies others. They take disparate facts and observations and connect the dots to create a clear view of what they think is likely to happen before it does. Because they see the hazy outlines of change before others do, they put their businesses on the offensive. Most highpotential leaders will show an uncommon ability to analyse and synthesise large amounts of data and make a decision based not only on the data but also on intuition.
