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Managing high-potential employees

Managing high-potential employees

From the course: Just Ask: Todd Dewett on Management and Leadership

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Managing high-potential employees

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(inspiring tones) - This question comes from Amir Almordi. "If a leader doesn't know how to manage "high-potential employees, how can the employee "handle this situation?" (inspiring tones) - Hey Amir, great question. This one comes up a lot. If you are a high performer and you honestly don't feel like where you're working understands that, appreciates that, wants to make good by helping you grow, well, you have to do something about it. So my first message to you is that if you're a high performer and you're not in a high-performer program or otherwise receiving coaching and attention that will help you maximize your career trajectory at work you do have to start thinking about proactively changing that situation. Now, here's the rub. Speaking up, whether you have cause or not, speaking up has risks. You can look very needy, for example, in the situation we're talking about right now. You can appear to be not so…

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