How to Help Superstar Employees Fulfill Their Potential

To better understand the leadership challenges and development opportunities facing high-potential employees, researchers analyzed more than 3,000 applications to Harvard Business School’s High Potentials Leadership Program over a nearly 20-year period. The high-potentials themselves identified five consistent leadership challenges — leading teams, leading change, leadership style, leading at scale, and driving business results — and their sponsors identified six areas of development — strategic management, emotional intelligence, communication, leading at scale, leading teams, and relationship management.