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June 18, 2021

Episode 37: Companies Are Bad At Identifying High Potential Employees

Details A high-potential employee is usually in the top 5% of employees in an organization. These people are thought to be the organization’s most

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June 15, 2021

Episode 36: Why the Most Productive People Don’t Always Make the Best Managers

Details When a company needs a supervisor for a team, senior leaders often anoint the team’s most productive performer. Some of these stars succeed

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June 14, 2021

Companies Are Bad at Identifying High-Potential Employees

High-potential programs are meant for the top 5% of employees, yet data on 1,964 designated high potentials found 42% were below average in leadership

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June 7, 2021

Why the Most Productive People Don’t Always Make the Best Managers

Promoting the most productive performer to manager often backfires. The skills behind individual productivity are mostly self-focused, while great managers need other-focused skills such

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February 18, 2021

Individual Contributors Aren’t Leaders? The Impact of Ignoring Soft Skills

Soft skills are often treated as optional for individual contributors. Data on over 9,000 of them shows hard skills are valued more, but those

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