Set your sights on High-Potential leadership and help your organization thriveIn today's tumultuous and rapidly evolving business environment, High-Potential leaders are in high demand. Do you possess the relationship skills, strategic vision, innovation, and determination needed to thrive as a high-potential leader in your organization? New York Times bestselling author Ram Charan answers that question and helps you hop on the fast-track to leadership success in this insightful guide.Traditionally, leaders have risen up through the ranks based on their cognitive abilities, analytical skills, thoroughness, and even perfectionist tendencies, but as modern businesses have moved to a more digitally-driven model, the criteria for leaders has markedly changed. The High-Potential Leader explains the modern business climate while highlighting the critical role relationship building, communication style, engagement, and ability to motivate and bring out the best performance in others play in becoming an impactful leader.Whether you're just embarking on your leadership journey or are ready to make the leap to the next leadership level, Charan's real-world lessons and practical advice will help you discover who you are as a leader, chart your path, accelerate your growth, and ultimately, become the high-potential leader your organization needs to succeed.

Chapter 1. High Potential Leaders Are Crucial to Helping Businesses Adapt and Thrive in the Digital AgeThe Urgent Need for High Potential LeadersWhat "High Potential" Means NowAn Important DistinctionGetting HiPos There FasterHow Hipos Can Use the BookHow Leadership Developers Should Use This BookA Final WordTips for Hipos - How to Use this BookTips for HR and LD Leaders - How to Use this BookPart 1. Five Essential Skills for High Potential LeadersChapter 2. Increase the Return on Your Time (ROYT)Get Comfortable with People Better Than YouSet & Reset Your PrioritiesCustomize Your Information FlowDelegate and Follow ThroughTrust But VerifyDecide How to Leverage YourselfCreate Repeatable ProcessesBe DecisiveAdditional ResourcesChapter 3. Multiply the Energy and Skills of Those Around YouIdentify a Person's God-Given TalentBuild Other People's StrengthsMake Necessary Changes QuicklyManage the IntersectionsLead the DialogueBe A Social ArchitectHow Tony Palmer Became a Talent MagnetAdditional ResourcesChapter 4. Be a Master of Big Ideas & ExecutionMake Your Big Ideas BetterHow To Assess Your Good IdeasGetting Big Ideas ExecutedExecution BasicsThe Art of Asking Incisive QuestionsA Hipo's Vision and Execution at FingerhutBigger Than AmazonThe Failure of VisionAdditional ResourcesChapter 5. Get to Know Customers, Competitors & the Macro EnvironmentObserve the End-to-End Consumer ExperienceKnow the CompetitionDissect EcosystemsSee Your Business from the Outside InKeep Up With TechnologyAdditional ResourcesChapter 6. Build Your Mental CapacityWiden Your LensKeep LearningBuild Diverse NetworksSeek Information from EverywhereStay Mentally FlexibleAdditional ResourcesPart II. Taking Charge of Your Growth & Choosing Your Next Big Career MoveChapter 7. How When and Why to Make a LeapThe Virtue of LeapsMaking Leaps Without Leaving Your CompanyBuild Your Own Support SystemBonnie Hill's Multiple LeapsLeaps Outside the CompanyWeighing a Job ChangeYour Exit PlanYour Entrance PlanAdditional ResourcesChapter 8. Track Your Mental Health and Work/Life BalanceBusiness AchievementLife SatisfactionFind a Meaningful FocusProtect Your Mental HealthHow Aaron Greenblatt Found His FocusAdditional ResourcesPart III. The Care & Feeding of High Potentials--Every Organization's Precious ResourceChapter 9. Identifying, Recruiting, and Retaining HiposRedefining & Finding High Potential LeadersCreating Opportunities for GrowthClearing the Path for HiposImprove Feedback LoopsRefresh the Leadership PoolHow To Use This Book To Develop Your Organization's HiposKey Points for Talent Management Leaders - Chapter 9Additional ResourcesAcknowledgmentsIndex