No head of a company wakes up in the morning and thinks, “I can’t wait to head into work and lead badly today.” But it happens.

People are placed into leadership roles every day without having learned the simple lesson that leadership is about people. And to lead exceptionally well, ask any successful leader, you have to take care of your people. That last statement may already have disqualified scores of managers.

To test out the idea that leaders do take care of their people first, and they do it to profitable ends, there’s three critical questions for evaluating someone’s leadership skills. Answering no, as the title of this article suggests, may indicate an urgent need for leadership development.