The High-Potential Leader

Chapter 1. High Potential Leaders Are Crucial to Helping Businesses Adapt and Thrive in the Digital Age The Urgent Need for High Potential Leaders What "High Potential" Means Now An Important Distinction Getting HiPos There Faster How Hipos Can Use the Book How Leadership Developers Should Use This Book A Final Word Tips for Hipos - How to Use this Book Tips for HR and LD Leaders - How to Use this Book Part 1. Five Essential Skills for High Potential Leaders Chapter 2. Increase the Return on Your Time (ROYT) Get Comfortable with People Better Than You Set & Reset Your Priorities Customize Your Information Flow Delegate and Follow Through Trust But Verify Decide How to Leverage Yourself Create Repeatable Processes Be Decisive Additional Resources Chapter 3. Multiply the Energy and Skills of Those Around You Identify a Person's God-Given Talent Build Other People's Strengths Make Necessary Changes Quickly Manage the Intersections Lead the Dialogue Be A Social Architect How Tony Palmer Became a Talent Magnet Additional Resources Chapter 4. Be a Master of Big Ideas & Execution Make Your Big Ideas Better How To Assess Your Good Ideas Getting Big Ideas Executed Execution Basics The Art of Asking Incisive Questions A Hipo's Vision and Execution at Fingerhut Bigger Than Amazon The Failure of Vision Additional Resources Chapter 5. Get to Know Customers, Competitors & the Macro Environment Observe the End-to-End Consumer Experience Know the Competition Dissect Ecosystems See Your Business from the Outside In Keep Up With Technology Additional Resources Chapter 6. Build Your Mental Capacity Widen Your Lens Keep Learning Build Diverse Networks Seek Information from Everywhere Stay Mentally Flexible Additional Resources Part II. Taking Charge of Your Growth & Choosing Your Next Big Career Move Chapter 7. How When and Why to Make a Leap The Virtue of Leaps Making Leaps Without Leaving Your Company Build Your Own Support System Bonnie Hill's Multiple Leaps Leaps Outside the Company Weighing a Job Change Your Exit Plan Your Entrance Plan Additional Resources Chapter 8. Track Your Mental Health and Work/Life Balance Business Achievement Life Satisfaction Find a Meaningful Focus Protect Your Mental Health How Aaron Greenblatt Found His Focus Additional Resources Part III. The Care & Feeding of High Potentials--Every Organization's Precious Resource Chapter 9. Identifying, Recruiting, and Retaining Hipos Redefining & Finding High Potential Leaders Creating Opportunities for Growth Clearing the Path for Hipos Improve Feedback Loops Refresh the Leadership Pool How To Use This Book To Develop Your Organization's Hipos Key Points for Talent Management Leaders - Chapter 9 Additional Resources Acknowledgments Index