How to select leaders who can engage and deliver

Evaluate and select the right leaders for your organisation.

Find your best fit leaders to make the biggest impact

Your leaders set the tone for your entire organisation. Great leaders motivate, inspire and engage people. They contribute to a positive workplace climate, promote inclusivity and can see the bigger picture to drive organisational goals forward.

Assessing leadership potential

If you don’t have potential leaders already within your organisation, it may be necessary to seek new leaders externally. So how do you evaluate new leadership candidates to find out who can make the biggest impact on your organisation? Now’s the time to take a deep look into your talent management process to see if it aligns with the needs of your organisation. Understanding what you need from your leadership can help you assess potential leaders accurately and objectively to find the best fit.

Our top 5 tips for selecting great leaders

Establish your goals

What are you looking for in a leader? First you need to determine the attributes and competencies your leaders need in order to thrive. You then need to connect your organisational goals to the measurements you’re using to evaluate each leadership candidate.

Evaluate your organisational needs

Leaders are often called upon to see the bigger picture of what your organisation needs to thrive. They need to be able to confidently assess and act on those needs to carry the organisation forward. What kind of leader does your organisation need? Decide whether you are looking for someone to disrupt and lead through change or just keep things moving.

Don’t forget about leadership development

You don’t always need to look externally for your next great leader. Revisit your succession plan to determine if you’re accurately evaluating those already in your organisation who have leadership potential. A great leadership development programme may be just what they need to grow into their potential.

Consider candidate experience

When people reach a senior level, they usually feel less need to prove themselves. Make sure the assessments you use in your selection process are candidate-friendly and not cumbersome. Allow applicants to show their expertise while feeling that the assessment is appropriate for their level.

Look toward the future

When selecting leaders, focus on your organisational needs for both today and tomorrow. Where do you want to be in the next five years? What kind of leader is needed for the future?

How Talogy can help you select the best leaders

Build or review competency framework

Talogy’s expert consultants can enhance your current competency or capability model – or customise a completely new one. Understanding what you need from a leader, and what to measure, is the first step to selecting the right fit.
Use 360 Feedback for deeper insight

Our 360 Feedback solutions give you deeper insight into the current state of your organisation. With versions that measure competency, current leadership climate and emotional intelligence, you can use 360 Feedback to understand where you are and where you need to go.
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Customise a complete leadership selection solution

Choose from Talogy’s broad range of scientifically proven and compliant leadership assessments to create a robust solution. We can help you put together a complete package that includes assessments that measure personality, cognitive ability, leadership potential, emotional intelligence, inclusivity and more.
Establish a partnership that delivers results

Partnering with Talogy gives you personal access to our expert consultants around the globe. Whatever you need, we can help you take a deep look into your talent management process to ensure you’re set up to discover brilliance in your leadership talent.

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Measure emotional intelligence with the EIP3 assessment

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Why Talogy

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How to select leaders who can engage and deliver

Find your best fit leaders to make the biggest impact

Assessing leadership potential

Our top 5 tips for selecting great leaders

Establish your goals

Evaluate your organisational needs

Don’t forget about leadership development

Consider candidate experience

Look toward the future

How Talogy can help you select the best leaders

Build or review competency framework

Use 360 Feedback for deeper insight

Customise a complete leadership selection solution

Establish a partnership that delivers results

Proven expertise in leadership selection

People have demonstrated more openness to learning and taking their development into their own hands

High-scoring candidates = high-performing employees

Four successful management trainee selection programmes were run over the last few years, with a fifth one underway

Measure emotional intelligence with the EIP3 assessment

Why Talogy

Case studies

Talogy blog

Knowledge Hub

Learn how Talogy can customise an effective leadership selection system for you.

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