The High-Potential Leader: How to Grow Fast, Take on New Responsibilities, and Make an Impact: How to Grow Fast, Take on New Responsibilities, and Make an Impact (J-B Us Non-Franchise Leadership) - Tapa dura

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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.

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"If you are a high-potential leader, or want to become one, this is the book for you."
?Laszlo Bock, Senior Advisor and Former SVP of People Operations, Google

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"In this book, Ram provides practical advice on how high-potential leaders can help their businesses thrive in the digital age, and accelerate their own growth."
?Dominic Barton, Global Managing Partner, McKinsey & Company

"Ram Charan shows again why he is one of the leading business coaches in the world. This book allows young leaders to benefit from the insider's perspective Ram has accumulated throughout his career working with top CEO's."
?Dave Ulrich, Rensis Likert Professor, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan; Partner, The RBL Group

"Ram Charan has developed invaluable checklists and practical tools for expanding leadership productivity, thinking ahead, and acting decisively. This is the book for High Potentials."
?Michael Useem, Professor of Management and Director of the Wharton Leadership Center at the University of Pennsylvania

"Hipo" leaders have careers on a different timetable from everyone else?which requires them to test themselves and build skills quickly so they are prepared to deal with the complexities of higher level jobs.

The High-Potential Leader is a step-by-step game plan everyone with great potential needs to maximize their talent at any company. Famed executive coach and thought leader Ram Charan details everything it takes to recognize hipo leadership abilities, in yourself and others, and cut your own path to the top:

• Master the leadership behaviors and people skills you will use throughout your career
• Establish yourself as a bridge between silos in your company to enhance performance and drive innovation
• Acquire the mindset and techniques to confidently delegate and get results so you can stay focused on the big picture

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Companies need a new kind of leader to meet the enormous challenges of today's fast-moving business world. Whether you have potential to step up and lead or are charged with finding those who can, The High-Potential Leader is your authoritative guide.

Known for his coaching work with many of the world's leading CEO's, bestselling author Ram Charan explains how "hipos" can know who they are, create their individual path, and accelerate their growth. The book also helps top management and HR professionals cultivate, in their hipos, the skills, judgment, and mental capacity needed at the highest levels. This hands-on guidebook contains:

• Practical advice and checklists in every chapter for making daily progress toward running a large team, business unit, or company
• A framework for deciding when and how to make job changes that speed development
• Firsthand examples and lessons learned from top leaders around the world in a variety of industries