Identifying Potential

An important part of developing your leadership talent pool includes spotting and then nurturing and retaining staff with the innate ability to progress to the most senior levels, irrespective of where they are working currently. Where national programmes or initiatives are not suitable or are inaccessible for people in your organisation, GatenbySanderon's leadership assessment package can be adapted to become a measure of leadership potential, enabling you to identify those people whose careers need really close nurturing.

There is much debate around what to look for when measuring someone's potential, as it goes beyond what they are capable of now. We think that individuals should at least have the following key qualities:

• the capacity to learn (i.e. intellect)
• openness to new experiences
• drive and motivation
• a willingness to work hard and to put themselves out in order to succeed

A thorough assessment of an individual's personal qualities can give you insight into their potential to progress and when that is likely to happen. By applying our leadership assessment process in this context, you can identify a pool of high potentials or assess the potential of an entire team, management tier or directorate.

Contact a member of our team for further details.