High Potential
How to Spot, Manage and Develop Talented People at Work
2nd Edition
Published on 22. February 2018
Book
Hardback
360 pages
978-1-4729-5349-0 (ISBN)
Description
In today's competitive job market, can employers afford to spend large sums on recruitment, and then simply let talented people go?
High Potential provides a practical framework for managers to create a strong, strategic vision for a high-performing, high-potential workforce.
Updated to reflect more recent research in the area, the book presents an accessible guide to clearly understanding and defining potential, and how to manage high-potential employees and develop their career. New case studies show how businesses have used the concepts outlined in the book to nurture future talent in the workplace and gain a real competitive business advantage.
High Potential provides a practical framework for managers to create a strong, strategic vision for a high-performing, high-potential workforce.
Updated to reflect more recent research in the area, the book presents an accessible guide to clearly understanding and defining potential, and how to manage high-potential employees and develop their career. New case studies show how businesses have used the concepts outlined in the book to nurture future talent in the workplace and gain a real competitive business advantage.
Reviews / Votes
High Potential offers deep, practical insights to answer a critical business question - how to accurately predict how far and how fast someone can advance at work. MacRae, Furnham and Reed provide a well-researched and easy-to-digest book that's 'must reading' for anyone interested in human performance. -- Marc Effron * President, The Talent Strategy Group * Praise for the previous edition:Spotting, managing and retaining high performers is crucial for the success of any organisation - and Ian MacRae and Adrian Furnham provide a characteristically engaging and accessible account of what we know about this area, and crucially, how to make good use of this knowledge. -- Professor Paul Webley * Director, SOAS, University of London * Praise for the previous edition:
High Potential is not only an all-encompassing review of the science of potential but also encourages you to develop strategies on how to attract, select, develop, grow, and retain truly talented individuals in your organisation; those who in the end will make the difference. -- Paul K Winter * Director, Worldly Leadership Foundation * Praise for the previous edition:
A comprehensive guide for identifying untapped potential and managing and developing talent, it offers a pragmatic view in recognising that there is no 'one-size-fits-all' formula for success in managing high potentials and is written with clarity and practicality. -- Joanna Van De Vyvere * Director of People, Performance and Culture, Europe, Middle East and Africa, KPMG * Praise for the previous edition:
If you are responsible for developing 'high potential' employees, this book should give you much to think about. It is up-to-date; it covers a lot of ground and it is very well researched and referenced. I would recommend it. -- Tony Barradell * Industrial and Commercial Training Journal *
More details
Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
682 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4729-5349-0 (9781472953490)
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Schweitzer Classification
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Ian MacRae | Adrian Furnham | Martin Reed
High Potential
How to Spot, Manage and Develop Talented People at Work
E-Book
02/2018
2nd Edition
Bloomsbury Business
€27.49
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Persons
Ian MacRae is an organizational psychology consultant and psychometrician and writer who works internationally. Ian has conducted research with tens of thousands of participants in over 40 countries. He has written 4 books about practical work psychology. He is an advisor at Thomas International, Research Manager at Sage Transitions in Canada, and Director of High Potential Psychology Ltd.
Adrian Furnham is Professor of Psychology at UCL. He has written over 1000 scientific papers and 70 books, and is among the most well-known and productive psychologists in the world, noted for his motivational speaking. Adrian is a newspaper columnist, previously at the Financial Times and now at the Sunday Times. He wrote regularly for the Daily Telegraph and is a regular contributor to national and international radio and television stations including the BBC, CNN, and ITV.
Martin Reed is CEO of Thomas International UK. In addition to building a more efficient sales force and growth revenue, he was pivotal in raising Thomas' position within the academic community, which led to the Thomas Personal Profile Analysis (PPA) being registered with the British Psychological Society (BPS). Martin is also a fellow of the Institute of Directors and launched Thomas Sport with the focus of supporting every athlete, coach and sporting organisation in maximising their performance.
Adrian Furnham is Professor of Psychology at UCL. He has written over 1000 scientific papers and 70 books, and is among the most well-known and productive psychologists in the world, noted for his motivational speaking. Adrian is a newspaper columnist, previously at the Financial Times and now at the Sunday Times. He wrote regularly for the Daily Telegraph and is a regular contributor to national and international radio and television stations including the BBC, CNN, and ITV.
Martin Reed is CEO of Thomas International UK. In addition to building a more efficient sales force and growth revenue, he was pivotal in raising Thomas' position within the academic community, which led to the Thomas Personal Profile Analysis (PPA) being registered with the British Psychological Society (BPS). Martin is also a fellow of the Institute of Directors and launched Thomas Sport with the focus of supporting every athlete, coach and sporting organisation in maximising their performance.
Content
Prelims
Preface
Section 1: Potential
Chapter 1: What is potential
Chapter 2: Potential
Section 2: The style and character of potential
Chapter 3: Intelligence: Capacity for learning and growth
Chapter 4: intelligence at work
Chapter 5: Overview of personality
Chapter 6: High potential personality traits and leadership
Chapter 7: Emerging trends in personality testing
Chapter 8: Experience: the most brutal of instructors
Chapter 9: The performance delusion
Chapter 10: How to gain experience
Chapter 11: Workplace culture and values
Chapter 12: Motivators and attitudes
Chapter 13: The dark side and derailment
Chapter 14: The toxic triangle and derailment prevention
Chapter 15: The dark side traits and characteristics
Section 3: Assessment: Techniques and applications
Chapter 16 Assessment: Methods to learn about other people
Chapter 17: Methods for assessing people at work
Chapter 18: Selection: Choosing the right people
Chapter 19: Training
Chapter 20: Development systems
Chapter 21: Developing and coaching high potential
Chapter 22: to 23): Retention: Keeping the best and the brightest
References
Preface
Section 1: Potential
Chapter 1: What is potential
Chapter 2: Potential
Section 2: The style and character of potential
Chapter 3: Intelligence: Capacity for learning and growth
Chapter 4: intelligence at work
Chapter 5: Overview of personality
Chapter 6: High potential personality traits and leadership
Chapter 7: Emerging trends in personality testing
Chapter 8: Experience: the most brutal of instructors
Chapter 9: The performance delusion
Chapter 10: How to gain experience
Chapter 11: Workplace culture and values
Chapter 12: Motivators and attitudes
Chapter 13: The dark side and derailment
Chapter 14: The toxic triangle and derailment prevention
Chapter 15: The dark side traits and characteristics
Section 3: Assessment: Techniques and applications
Chapter 16 Assessment: Methods to learn about other people
Chapter 17: Methods for assessing people at work
Chapter 18: Selection: Choosing the right people
Chapter 19: Training
Chapter 20: Development systems
Chapter 21: Developing and coaching high potential
Chapter 22: to 23): Retention: Keeping the best and the brightest
References