How To Demonstrate Leadership At Work

Just because you don’t have a title, doesn’t mean you’re not a leader. But if you want to someday gain that title, and the position of team leader or manager, then there’s a dilemma you’ll have to reconcile. You’ll have to be able to demonstrate leadership at work to the people who make promotion decisions, without having had a leadership role to point to.

But working on any team creates leadership moments that you’ve probably seized upon in the past, you just may not have known about them. Or, you may not have recognized them.

So in this article, we’ll outline five ways to demonstrate leadership at work so that you can recognize those moments, act on them, and use them to make the argument on why you’re the leader people are looking for.

Take Responsibility

The first way to demonstrate leadership at work is to take responsibility. Take initiative when new assignments appear and be the first to volunteer for new tasks that are applicable to your skill set. You don’t need to volunteer for everything, just the ones you know are a chance to use or further develop your skills. In addition, take responsibility for your contributions even when projects go wrong. Too many people try to shift blame and make excuses, but great leaders take ownership over problems and work to find lessons and…