The High-Potential Leader - by Ram Charan (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

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. 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.

From the Back Cover

"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

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

About the Author

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.