See my perspective on identifying leaders on your team in my latest blog post on LinkedIn. 

Here is an excerpt:

Over the years, I have made a practice of "throwing" my employees into the fire of "you can do this!" My philosophy is simple: in order for my organization to grow, my employees need to become leaders as well - because I can't do everything myself. As such, just about everyone on my staff needs to muscle up and learn to lead in their area of expertise.

Visit LinkedIn to read the full post.