Chapter 7Developing High-Potential Leaders

Kevin O'Gorman

The Introduction to this book argued that most coaching does not take place in formal coaching settings but is a mind-set where leaders, in formal and informal moments, develop thinking, perceiving, and reflecting skills that help them solve problems for themselves and those around them. Sometimes this mind-set is shared broadly enough within an organization to create a culture of coaching. Done well, coaching conversations stimulate people and groups to greater awareness, deeper and broader ways of thinking, and wiser decisions and actions. Nowhere are these outcomes more desirable than in the development of high potentials (HiPo), exceptional leaders who can rapidly broaden, deepen, ...

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