--- title: 3 Ways to Groom the Next Generation of Leaders description: You can develop leaders at all levels of your company and teach them to groom future leaders. Here are 3 ways to develop leaders at your company. image: http://cultureshoc.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/bigstock-Man-And-Woman-Help-Silhouette-65570248-300x200.jpg --- - [2020 EOS Conference](https://eosconference.com/) - Request a Speaker - [Become an EOS Implementer](https://eosi.eosworldwide.com) - [Find an EOS Implementer](https://eosimplementers.com/) - Contact - [**Login to Base Camp**](https://bc.eosworldwide.com) - [Base Camp](https://www.eosworldwide.com/base-camp-overview) - [Blog](https://info.eosworldwide.com/blog) [MENU](https://info.eosworldwide.com/blog/3-ways-groom-next-generation-leaders#sidr) - What is EOS? - [EOS Model](https://eosworldwide.hs-sites.com/eos-model) - [EOS Process](https://eosworldwide.hs-sites.com/eos-process) - [EOS Toolbox](https://eosworldwide.hs-sites.com/eos-toolbox) - [EOS History & Team](https://eosworldwide.hs-sites.com/eos-story-team) - [EOS Implementers](https://eosworldwide.hs-sites.com/what-is-an-eos-implementer) - Why EOS Works - [Why EOS Works](https://eosworldwide.hs-sites.com/why-eos-works) - [Real World Results](https://eosworldwide.hs-sites.com/testimonials) - [EOS Books](https://www.eosworldwide.com/traction-library) - [EOS Tools](https://www.eosworldwide.com/eos-tools) - [Base Camp](https://www.eosworldwide.com/base-camp-overview) - [**Get Started**](https://eosworldwide.hs-sites.com/get-started) - [Find an EOS Implementer](https://www.eosimplementers.com) - [Become an Implementer](https://eosi.eosworldwide.com) - [Contact](https://eosworldwide.hs-sites.com/contact) - [Base Camp Login](https://basecamp.eosworldwide.com) - [Blog](http://blog.eosworldwide.com) - [Request a Speaker](https://www.eosworldwide.com/book-a-speaker) - [2020EOS Conference](https://eosconference.com/) Close ![Header-Placeholder.jpg](https://info.eosworldwide.com/hs-fs/hubfs/eos-blog2.jpg?width=1678&name=eos-blog2.jpg "Header-Placeholder.jpg") ## EOS Worldwide Blog Advice and Insight for Entrepreneurs and Leadership Teams ##### Search the Blog : # [3 Ways to Groom the Next Generation of Leaders](https://info.eosworldwide.com/blog/3-ways-groom-next-generation-leaders) Written by[Ron Kaminski](https://info.eosworldwide.com/blog/author/ron-kaminski) on April 4, 2016 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [Leadership](https://info.eosworldwide.com/blog/topic/leadership) ![3 Ways to Groom the Next Generation of Leaders](http://cultureshoc.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/bigstock-Man-And-Woman-Help-Silhouette-65570248-300x200.jpg "3 Ways to Groom the Next Generation of Leaders")Leadership isn’t about a title or a position. It’s a mentality — an approach to how you do your job. Leaders don’t just give orders. In fact, someone can lead without ever taking charge of another person. Leaders are people who take initiative. They’re the ones who don’t wait for someone else to step up. They hold others accountable and hold themselves to the same high standards. You can develop leaders at all levels of your company and teach them to groom future leaders. ## Developing Leaders at Your Company Here are three things to keep in mind when paying leadership forward. - **Clearly communicate expectations.** If employees don’t clearly understand that leadership qualities are expected within the company, they’ll never feel empowered to step up, make the judgment call, or take the initiative. Make it crystal clear that this empowerment mentality is the rule, not the exception, in your organization. Team members who have shown a desire and ability to lead need to be nurtured through consistent communication from the top. - **Actively train.** Back expectations and empowerment with training, which takes raw talent and molds it, turning leadership potential into leadership skills. Through active training, leadership-minded team members will learn important traits required for leadership, such as authenticity — never asking a coworker to do something you wouldn’t do. - **Be honest.** Encouragement and training should produce results, and if they don’t, you have to communicate that to your team members. Difficult conversations should never come as a surprise. Your next generation of leaders — and really, everyone in the company — should know where they stand relative to the expectations set. Having that direct, honest communication is a major part of building a culture of accountability, which is essential to grooming leaders. When managing people, it can be difficult to stay clear on expectations and communicate them well to direct reports. Consider using [**The 5-5-5™**](http://traction.eosworldwide.com/eos-toolbox), available in the EOS Toolbox™, on a quarterly basis to communicate the three most important expectations for every person you lead: they possess your five core values, they have the true skill set to perform in their five roles, and they are setting and achieving five rocks every quarter.  ## Next Steps - [Download a copy of the EOS V/TO](http://traction.eosworldwide.com/download-vto)™ to help you crystallize your company vision - [Download a copy of The 5-5-5™](http://traction.eosworldwide.com/eos-toolbox)tool to clarify your expectations and communicate them well to your employees - Share this post with your network or add your comment below! 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