Many organizations struggle to identify their next generation of leaders. They may roll out rigorous selection processes or judge leadership capabilities based on past performance or increased responsibility. The HBR article “How to Spot and Develop High-Potential Talent in Your Organization” perfectly explains the problem with these approaches: “Past performance doesn’t tell you who can do things they haven’t done before. It also doesn’t help identify high potentials earlier in their career.”
Of course, there are many ways to approach this problem. However, the most successful approach is also the simplest: Open up development opportunities for as many individual contributors as possible.
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