How To Assess Leadership Quality In New Hires

Strategic thinking ability, interpersonal skills determine a candidate’s leadership potential.

In order to succeed, organisations need to constantly identify and develop quality talents to create future leaders. Research evidence over the years has demonstrated the importance of using psychometric assessments in leadership recruitment and development, to ensure that the most effective talent is selected. The results which come out of these assessment tests indicate an individual’s potential to demonstrate competence in his/ her role as a leader.

Even though leaders’ personalities might vary widely, there are some specific behaviors that most of the leaders possess.Tonmoy Shingal, co-founder and COO, Mettl shares five key personality traits which must be looked at to determine the leadership potential in a new hire:

Vision and mission: An employee who understands the organisation’s purpose and communicate the same to a group of people such that they can also commit themselves to it can become good leaders.

Bringing strategic change: An employee must be open to developing new insights into situations, questioning conventional approaches and encouraging innovations and new ideas.

Strong interpersonal skills: An employee must maintain good relationships with others by treating others well and fostering an inclusive workplace where diversity and individual differences are valued.

Result driven: An employee who holds one accountable for high quality results and is capable of making well informed and timely decisions even when data is limited, makes for a good leader. They can identify and analyse problems by weighing all available information and generating alternative solutions.

Drive impactful business propositions: An employee who can spearhead crucial projects by building the strongest team of people, developing and building strong alliances, collaborating across boundaries to build strategic relationships and achieve common goals, excels in a leadership role.

In today’s business environment, where there’s difficult competition, to be effective and successful, an individual must possess skills which are required for a leadership position as well. The hiring process thus, has to be extensive and perceptive enough to look out for leadership potential in new hires. 

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