6 tips for creating future leaders

Part of being a leader is ensuring you put the right people at the top of your organization. Developing future leaders takes time and effort, but can make your job a lot easier if done correctly.

“Putting properly trained front-line personnel in positions that enable them to make decisions that stick enables you to gain their trust and build their enthusiasm for the job,” writes James Kerr, global chair of N2Growth. “In turn, that trust will spread within the organization and lead to the delivery of outstanding performance by eliminating the bureaucracy that often stifles the progress of your team.”

Kerr explains that once we put the right people in the right positions and prepare them for their roles, we can have confidence in their decision-making skills. He provides six tips to accomplish this. They include:

  1. Spot and grow talent across the organization. These are often people who don’t shy away from taking on new responsibilities.

 

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