Across the globe, men and women have equal leadership potential, according to a SHL Talent Report.

FORBES: Rethink Everything to Retain Top Women

Helen Fung, managing consultant of recruiting company SHL Group Ltd China, shared the same view.

FORBES: More Foreigners Moving To China For Work

SHL, a U.K.-based talent management consulting firm, has just released a study that aims to provide answers to those questions.

FORBES: The Countries Producing The Most Future Leaders -- The U.S. Lags

This year, executives at SHL decided to mine data from past employee assessments and try to shed some light on the leadership potential in the many countries where it works.

FORBES: The Countries Producing The Most Future Leaders -- The U.S. Lags

You can hire an assessment firm (like Kenexa, SHL, DDI, Hogan, etc.) to help, but at your core you, as a leader, need to understand these factors.

FORBES: The Right Person at the Right Time

In an annual global survey of HR professionals compiled by SHL this year, 46% of respondents said social media sites are effective tools for recruiting and reaching quality candidates, up from 36% last year.

WSJ: In China, Recruiting Gets Social

"Traditional recruitment processes, as they are understood in the West, only really started to be used in China after 1978, with the gradual liberalizing of China's economy, " said Mike Tims, the Asia, Middle East and Africa president at global human-resources consultancy SHL Group Ltd.

WSJ: In China, Recruiting Gets Social