From the course: Finding and Retaining High Potentials

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Creating a runway for high potentials

Creating a runway for high potentials

From the course: Finding and Retaining High Potentials

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Creating a runway for high potentials

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- High potentials are ambitious, no matter how much they downplay it, they want to progress. In fact, one of the fastest ways to lose them is to let them feel that they have no room to grow and advance. Advancement doesn't have to be a higher level job. It can be anything that gives a person new learning or more responsibility, like an exciting product or service launch, where they can apply their talent and put their stamp on it. With high potentials, they need to feel like they have an impact. So you're looking for bigger things that will give them a feeling of advancement. It helps if someone in leadership development and the high potentials boss knows what their career aspirations are and can choose projects and job assignments that align with their goals. One of the biggest mistakes executives make is not talking to their team members and especially their high-potentials about their careers. It's as if they're…

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