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

High Potential offers deep, practical insights to answer a critical business question - how to accurately predict how far and how fast someone can advance at work. MacRae, Furnham and Reed provide a well-researched and easy-to-digest book that's `must reading' for anyone interested in human performance. -- Marc Effron * President, The Talent Strategy Group * Praise for the previous edition: Spotting, managing and retaining high performers is crucial for the success of any organisation - and Ian MacRae and Adrian Furnham provide a characteristically engaging and accessible account of what we know about this area, and crucially, how to make good use of this knowledge. -- Professor Paul Webley * Director, SOAS, University of London * Praise for the previous edition: High Potential is not only an all-encompassing review of the science of potential but also encourages you to develop strategies on how to attract, select, develop, grow, and retain truly talented individuals in your organisation; those who in the end will make the difference. -- Paul K Winter * Director, Worldly Leadership Foundation * Praise for the previous edition: A comprehensive guide for identifying untapped potential and managing and developing talent, it offers a pragmatic view in recognising that there is no `one-size-fits-all' formula for success in managing high potentials and is written with clarity and practicality. -- Joanna Van De Vyvere * Director of People, Performance and Culture, Europe, Middle East and Africa, KPMG * Praise for the previous edition: If you are responsible for developing `high potential' employees, this book should give you much to think about. It is up-to-date; it covers a lot of ground and it is very well researched and referenced. I would recommend it. -- Tony Barradell * Industrial and Commercial Training Journal *

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.