High Potential: How to Spot, Manage and Develop Talented People at Work

by Ian MacRae, Adrian Furnham, Martin Reed

In today's competitive job market, can employers afford to spend large sums on recruitment, and then simply let talented people go?

High Potential provides a practical framework for managers to create a strong, strategic vision for a high-performing, high-potential workforce.

Updated to reflect more recent research in the area, the book presents an accessible guide to clearly understanding and defining potential, and how to manage high-potential employees and develop their career. New case studies show how businesses have used the concepts outlined in the book to nurture future talent in the workplace and gain a real competitive business advantage.

Genres: Business

360 pages, Hardcover

First published December 31, 1899

Reviews

[Jeremy Macey · Rating 1 out of 5]

My high hopes for this book were dashed. I am a trustee of an organisation that has recently employed someone and I wanted to get some expert advice on How the Experts Do It. This book is more discursive and short on practical advice. There is a lot of emphasis on intelligence and personality testing (which a glance at the author bios will explain). Also a full 40 pages on the 'dark side/derailment' which was a blind alley for me since our employee is not (yet) exhibiting derailment tendencies. Overall it feels all over the place, perhaps a reflection of the three authors' different subject areas.
Apart from the loose structure, the book is badly produced with howlers such as Noam Chompsky, Marquis Du Sade and Geofferey Howe, not to mention malapropisms ("Sindona severed on company boards") and sloppy copy editing ("This type of role is not about the coach listening, it's about speak.").
I struggled my way through the extensive platitudes and found my way to my favourite piece of advice, "Have lunch with the candidate and they'll open up".

[Isabel · Rating 1 out of 5]

Si se busca un libro práctico para detectar y gestionar talento de alto potencial, este no lo es. Aunque ofrece una base teórica sólida, el contenido se dispersa en psicología general, alejándose del enfoque prometido por el título.

Más que una guía útil para líderes y gestores, es un tratado de psicología de la personalidad, con poca aplicabilidad práctica y sin herramientas claras para la gestión real del talento. Apenas un 5% del libro trata de talento de alto potencial.

[Brandon Langlois · Rating 5 out of 5]

A well researched and insightful look into identifying and developing high potential people. I appreciated the blend of scientific analysis and pragmatic advice the book presents.

[Starduster]

$61.53