High-Potential Leader - How to Grow Fast, Take on New Responsibilities, and Make an Impact

Informationen zum Autor RAM CHARAN is an advisor to many of the world's top CEOs and corporate boards. He is author or coauthor of twenty books, including The New York Times bestseller Execution . He has taught at Harvard Business School and GE's John F. Welch Learning Center, and is a member of six corporate boards. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung Set your sights on High-Potential leadership and help your organization thrive In today s tumultuous and rapidly evolving business environment, High-Potential leaders are in high demand. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 High-Potential Leaders Are Crucial to Helping Businesses Adapt and Thrive in the Digital Age 1 The Urgent Need for High-Potential Leaders 1 What "High Potential" Means Now 2 An Important Distinction 7 Getting Hipos There Faster 8 How Hipos Can Use This Book 11 How Leadership Developers Should Use This Book 13 A Final Word 14 Tips for Hipos-How to Use This Book 18 Tips for HR and Leadership Developers-How to Use This Book 20 Part I Five Essential Skills for High-Potential Leaders 23 2 Increase the Return on Your Time (ROYT) 25 Get Comfortable with People Better Than You 25 Set and Reset Your Priorities 28 Customize Your Information Flow 31 Delegate and Follow Through 33 Trust But Verify 34 Decide How to Leverage Yourself 35 Create Repeatable Processes 37 Be Decisive 38 Additional Resources 43 3 Multiply the Energy and Skills of Those Around You 45 Identify a Person's God-Given Talent 46 Build Other People's Strengths 50 Make Necessary Changes Quickly 52 Manage the Intersections 53 Lead the Dialogue 56 Be a Social Architect 58 How Tony Palmer Became a Talent Magnet 60 Additional Resources 68 4 Be a Master of Big Ideas and Execution 71 Make Your Big Ideas Better 71 How to Assess Your Good Ideas 72 Getting Big Ideas Executed 76 Execution Basics 78 The Art of Asking Incisive Questions 80 A Hipo's Vision and Execution at Fingerhut 81 Additional Resources 90 5 Get to Know Customers, Competitors, and the Macro Environment 91 Observe the End-to-End Consumer Experience 92 Know the Competition 94 Dissect Ecosystems 98 See Your Business from the Outside In 100 Keep Up with Technology 103 Additional Resources 108 6 Build Y...

List of contents

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

Product details

• Authors: R Charan, Ra Charan, Ram Charan, Ram (Formerly Harvard Business School and Charan, Ram Willigan Charan, Charan Ram, Geri Willigan
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.04.2017
• EAN: 9781119286950
• ISBN: 978-1-119-28695-0
• No. of pages: 240
• Assisted by: Geri Willigan
• Series: J-B US non-Franchise Leadership; J-B Us Non-Franchise Leadershi; J-B US non-Franchise Leadership
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Management; Management, Führung, Business & management, Wirtschaft u. Management, Management f. Führungskräfte, Management / Leadership