The law has plenty of scope for leadership and the ability to identify those with leadership abilities is something that can make or break a career in terms of promotion and success.

Forbes' columnist and recruiter Liz Ryan recently identified 10 key signs of what what shows that you're ready for a leadership role.

So check them out -

Ten Signs You're Ready For A Leadership Job

1. You're ready for a leadership job if you are already liked and respected by your teammates. That means they know you are responsible, ethical and professional. Sometimes people are popular at work because they tell good jokes and goof off in amusing ways, but that doesn't make them leadership material.

2. You're ready for a leadership job if you're interested in how the pieces of your organization fit together, and always asking questions about how the company works, how it makes money and how it competes in the marketplace.

3. You're ready for a leadership job if you've already learned from the good and bad managers you've worked for. From the good managers, you learned what real leaders do — and the bad managers taught you what a real leader would never, ever do!

4. You're ready for a leadership role if you're game to learn much more about yourself and other people, and you're willing to look in the mirror as you learn. Leadership is not easy and it's not always fun. To be a leader, you have to be humble enough to learn from your employees. A leader who thinks they have all the answers will never gain the respect of their teammates -- and without that, they're toast.

5. You're ready for a leadership job if you're excited to forge stronger relationships with other departments in your company, and look for opportunities to collaborate with people throughout your firm.

6. You're ready for a leadership job if people ask your advice all the time, because they know you understand how the department works (and you're kind enough to share what you know).

7. You're ready for a leadership job if customers or other people outside your department already assume you're a manager, because you're well-informed and helpful way beyond your own job description.

8. You're ready for a leadership job if you have ideas for better ways to design work processes to save time, energy and money.

9. You're ready for a leadership role if you like listening to your co-workers and helping them problem-solve. When they want to talk to you, you're pleased to stop and chat. It's not an annoyance. There is nothing worse than a supervisor who tells employees "I don't have time for this!" when they have questions about the work.

10. You're definitely leadership material if you see the potential in everyone, and get satisfaction out of encouraging people to step into their power.

So how many of the 10 do you fit.

Wait for the next 10 - the signs that show that you're not ready for a leadership role.

Source: Forbes