Unleashed Your Potential

How to make ppl realize tht you have the potential to be a leader, to hold bigger responsibilities? Shd you expect the leaders to simple pick & choose or pinpoint without any defined criterion? Of course not. Companies hv already established set of criterion for the potential leaders they want to lead the company in the future. But the question is of course if tht person is you? Some ppl might be so lucky being at the right time and the right place, some ppl hv to work hard for it, some ppl just know how to "suck up" and get away with "murder" and be promoted. Which one is you? Of course you can't choose to be lucky. Do you wanna to "suck up" your bosses? Pls don't...haha. You'll only survive when they are there. Once they move up or out, you might need to start "suck up" all over again, and it might be costly...hehe. My advice is work hard for it, and also don't forget to work smart. Improve your public speaking, presentation skill, understand wht the mgmt needs from you or the organization, learn, practice and implement, and not to forget to click with the leaders themselves. May be you can start slow but clicking with your boss and his click, then after your boss's boss, and so on. Get to know everybody important within te organization and make sure they know and remember you. This is highly important. But pls make sure you hv all the skill first and don't overdo. And the most important advice is, don't step on anybody"s toe while you want to move up. Remember you might need them to help you when you are up there somehow or the other. You might not be able to please everybody but if you manage to capture majority of them would be good. Just be nice to ppl even if they play hard ball on you. Don't think tht wht others think does not matter, it matters. So wht are you waiting for? Forget about your "shyness", afraid to overdo or afraid wht others might say about you. Like my friend used to tell me, if you attend any event, make sure tht ppl are aware of your presence (highlight), make an impact (communicate), and try to meet & greet as many ppl as you can (mingle). Remember, leadership can be learned, if you listen to a story, you hear a story, if you watch it, you can feel, if you read it, you can imagine, if you do it, you'll remember...