10 Ways to Kill Off Your Star Employees
I wrote this post for another publication in 2014, but it appears they have deleted it. I’m preparing to do a workshop on how to nurture high potentials and found … Read more
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A “Survival of the Fittest” Approach to Leadership Development Produces Cockroach Leaders
Read my latest post about the dangers of using a survival of the fittest approach to grooming emerging leaders over at About.com Management and Leadership: How to Groom Rising Leaders … Read more
Let’s Kill off our Best Employees!
Organizations don’t always do a good job when it comes to nurturing, developing, rewarding, and retaining their high potential employees. In fact, it often seems like they are going out … Read more
What Exactly is a “High Potential”?
Organizations will often use labels to such as ‘rising stars”, “fast trackers”, or “high flyers” to classify employees who are seen as promotable to the next one or two levels, … Read more
10 Things Your Company Won’t Tell You About Succession Planning
This post recently appeared in SmartBlog on Leadership: I’ve managed formal succession planning systems for a number of large companies and consulted with quite a few smaller companies. I network … Read more
How to Get Recognized as an Emerging Young Leader
This post recently appeared in SmartBlog on Leadership: I recently asked readers to submit their burning leadership development questions. Those that get picked for a post will receive a free … Read more
How Do You Differentiate and Develop Talent Without Leaving Others Behind?
This post was first published in SmartBlog on Leadership January 23, 2014. I recently asked readers to submit their burning leadership development questions. Those that get picked for a post … Read more
After the Talent Review…Now What?
I was at a conference recently and the session topic was leadership development and succession planning. One of the participants, an HR manager, raised her hand and asked: “We’ve recently … Read more
5 Ways to Make Sure You Don’t Fall off the Fast-track
Most organizations have some kind of formal or informal succession planning process to identify their high potential (HIPO), or “fast track” talent. Some will come right out and tell you … Read more
How to Measure the Impact of Your High Potential Strategy
So you’ve gone through a rigorous process to locate those “high potentials” – that critical talent pool that has demonstrated the ability to step into your organization’s most critical roles … Read more