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Tania Nunes highlights the importance of recognizing qualities such as empathy, judgment, resilience, ambition, and learning agility as key drivers of potential. These attributes not only reflect the company\u2019s core values but also enhance communication and create diverse career paths, as seen in examples where individuals transition across various roles. By identifying and nurturing hidden potential, L\u2019Oreal supports the development of personalized career plans, ultimately benefitting both employees and the organization. According to Tania Nunes, when employees trust their HR teams and leaders, remarkable transformations can occur. Don\u2019t miss more tips and insights on career development and team management in the full episode.","_video_transcription":"00:04 - Seek out potential\n00:18 - Why is it important to look for potential that isn't immediately visible?\n00:23 - Well, first of all, we all have potential and in L\u2019Oreal people aren't hired just to fill a position.\n00:32 - At L\u2019Oreal we hire considering the person's potential and what they can become and accomplish in the company over time. We always take a long term view, constantly focusing on potential.\n00:44 - Often we have to take a chance.We don't have a crystal ball we don't know if the person will be successful or not, but there is a set of features that can help prevent and give a little more confidence about the decision.\n00:59 - At L'Oreal we often use the five potential drivers.\n01:02 - The empathy, the ability to put myself in someone else's shoes Judgement, the capacity to think critically and challenge the status quo. Resilience,be able to overcome changes.\n01:12 - Ambition, be able to set ambitious goals and the famous learning agility, that ability to keep learning.\n01:20 - And therefore,often, Human Resources or the manager identifies career opportunities and suggests them to the employee. Often the opportunities that the employee can't even imagine as an opportunity,but when he trusts his Human Resources team and its leader,we see magic happen, and so we have cases of industrial engineers working in marketing, and people who spent 23 years working in marketing are now in Human Resources,or even a doctor leading a marketing team. Everything is possible when you combine potential with the right support.\n01:56 - In addition to the drivers of potential,there are many ways to access to peoples potential, and it may be through an interview, asking questions based on their experience and skills,but could also be through questions that are more general and open-ended, which allows to reach the other side of the person behind the r\u00e9sum\u00e9 and get to know them better.","_has_trailer":false,"_trailer_vimeo_id":""},"categories":[935,991],"factorial-categories":[],"class_list":["post-178566","factorial_video","type-factorial_video","status-publish","hentry","category-leadership-insights","category-leadership-insights-en-gb"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nIs it necessary to seek potential that isn\u2019t visible to the eye? | Factorial<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/factorialhr.co.uk\/blog\/factorial-play\/videos\/is-it-necessary-to-seek-potential-that-isnt-visible-to-the-eye-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Is it necessary to seek potential that isn\u2019t visible to the eye?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/factorialhr.co.uk\/blog\/factorial-play\/videos\/is-it-necessary-to-seek-potential-that-isnt-visible-to-the-eye-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Factorial\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/people\/Factorial\/100064908455810\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/factorialhr.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/17131146\/factorial-open-graph.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"628\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@factorialapp\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/factorialhr.co.uk\/blog\/factorial-play\/videos\/is-it-necessary-to-seek-potential-that-isnt-visible-to-the-eye-2\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/factorialhr.co.uk\/blog\/factorial-play\/videos\/is-it-necessary-to-seek-potential-that-isnt-visible-to-the-eye-2\/\",\"name\":\"Is it necessary to seek potential that isn\u2019t visible to the eye? 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