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The High Potential Leader

The High-Potential Leader is a practical guide for those ready to step up and meet the demands of today’s fast-moving business world. Drawing on his experience coaching top CEOs, Ram Charan shows how HIPOS (high-potential leaders) can identify their strengths, accelerate their growth, and prepare for senior leadership. Packed with checklists, frameworks, and real-world lessons, this book is equally valuable for individuals and organizations seeking to nurture future leaders.

Themes
Developing High-Potential Leaders
Accelerating Growth and Career Paths
Building Leadership Pipelines
The High Potential Leader
  • Laszlo Bock,
    former SVP of People Operations, Google

    “If you are a high-potential leader, or want to become one, this is the book for you. Ram Charan lays out the precise qualities that differentiate the exceptional from the merely good. A superb and timely book, in a time when leaders are needed more than ever.”

  • Dominic Barton
    Global Managing Partner, McKinsey & Company

    “In this book, Ram distills decades of experience counseling CEOs to provide practical, hands-on advice on how high-potential leaders can help their businesses thrive in the digital age. Not only does Ram provide actionable insight into how executives can support these future leaders, but he also offers guidance on how high-potential individuals can accelerate their own growth.”

  • Dave Ulrich
    Rensis Likert Professor, Ross School of Business

    "Wow! Ram Charan shows us again why he is one of the leading business coaches in the world. Through timely stories, this exceptional book is filled with specific tips and tools to maximize five skills to be a high potential leader and to sustain leadership through organization practices. This book allows us to savor the insights Ram has accumulated throughout his career and to appreciate the ingredients for personal and professional success.”

The High Potential Leader

"It is your job as a leader to steer the company through inflation, whether or not you have practice at it. That means fully understanding how inflation touches every part of the business and enlisting the help of others in the company to combat it. Hunkering down until the Federal Reserve fixes things is not a viable plan..."

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