New Indicators help in Understanding the Need and Importance of Leading

There are very few people who have the quality and the ability to become a good leader. The challenge is to identify that talent and then incorporate or polish it to a stage where others can notice the quality and follow it. In the earlier times as there was not much of competition, people becoming leaders was easier, but today people also have some notions and expectation from their leader. A successful and effective leader is the one who has the confidence and zeal to perform, who stands up for the issues faced by other people in the group, a person who timely motivates others to succeed and a person who can tackle and win over tough situations with ease.


From the organization point of view, having a leader is very important, who is regarded as a spokesman of the internal peers. There are experienced firms which assist and train employees to develop this trait inn themselves to get noticed and appreciated.
The Leadingindicators are a research based, online tool designed for leaders and organizations to assess both present and future leadership capacity. Some of the prominent uses of these indicators are:

• Self development: Wherein leaders may use these indicators as a self paced development tool to identify gaps between where they are and where they need to be, and to access the database to best practices and resource offerings.
  

• 360 Assessment: is a state-of the art on-line assessment software which allows leaders to quickly disseminate feedback surveys to leaders, peers and direct reports. Confidential summary reports are then generated along with the guidance for action planning.
  

Regarding the Technicalcompetencies of the particular company or the organization, these firms help them identify these by asking certain questions which are needed to be answered and observed by the company itself. These questions are:

• What is that makes their key leaders and employees so valuable to the company?
  
• To what degree is their company’s success dependent on these key people?
  
• What will happen to the company when these people leaver or retire?
  
• What is the process for identifying, developing, and preparing others to step into key leadership roles?