If the career changer has an idea of great potential, that idea may serve as the kernel for transformation. Powerful ideas change individuals.  Once infected with a vision of great potential, people tend to share it with others. In this way, the career changer may unintentionally “stumble” into the leader’s role. The combination of a transformational idea expressed as a vision, and the act of connecting with others regularly may be enough to establish a person as an emerging leader.