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Coaching High Potentials

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Learn how to coach high-potential talent using differentiated decisions and trade-offs that accelerate growth and strengthen your leadership pipeline.

Syllabus

The New Manager Coach Mandate
  • Why great managers coach: The mandate for modern leaders
  • Why high potentials stall (and leave) without the right coaching
  • What “differentiated coaching” actually means
1. Decoding High Potential
  • High performance vs. high potential: What to look for
  • How top performers develop differently
2. Tailored Coaching for Trajectory, Not Just Performance
  • Coaching ambition, readiness, and pace
  • Autonomy, challenge, support: Getting the balance right
3. Designing Stretch That Develops Leaders
  • Designing effective stretch opportunities
  • Timing matters: When to accelerate and when to pause
4. Managing Optics, Trust, and Fairness
  • Coaching through ambition: Pacing and expectations
  • Investing differently without breaking trust
Conclusion
  • Coaching high-potential talent: Your action plan

Taught by

Sara Canaday

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