The High Potential Trap

The ultimate high potential trap is to think about the full team mosaic that you're putting a high potential into, says Taylor. High potentials are takers because they by definition don't have some of the skills or experiences necessary for their job. As a CEO, that's particularly hard because you're not going to have expertise across all of those areas. "I remember having a conversation with a CEO and I said something like, well, you don't want a full team of high potentials"

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