Leadershipskills can have a positive impact on your career and can be measured in terms of supervising junior researchers or attending trainings. The best proof is your own research project for which you recruited and supervised employees.
After four years of postdoctoral research work, you are eligible to apply for SNSF project funding. As an HSG assistant professor you are eligible to submit project applications and applications for start-up funding to the Basic Research Fund (GFF).