What will define a high-potential employee as the workplace continues to evolve? The speed at which business is changing continues to accelerate. What it takes to achieve success has and continues to evolve. To keep up with these changes and be seen as a high-potential employee adopt these five dimensions of a high-potential employee and be at the top of your game.
1) Agile
A high-potential employee is agile because they possess fluid thinking. They think logically and solve problems in novel situations, independent of their acquired knowledge. They see the patterns and relationships that form the basis of the problems they are solving. High-potentials thrive in ambiguity and can filter through uncertainty because their fluid thinking gives them greater creativity and innovation in solving unique situations. They have a high tolerance for change and as a result, can easily maneuver themselves and others through it.
2) Entrepreneurial
High-potential employees operate at an entirely different level of ownership. And as a result, these employees see themselves as founder, CEO and Chief of their destiny. They do this by actively seeking new ideas or ways of thinking they can bring into their role. High-potentials have a vision for how to grow their role and act on that vision. They live in a growth mindset. High-potentials of the future possesses tremendous creativity around thinking and vision for self and role because they are truly visionary.
3) Holistic
We have a finite amount of time, motivation, energy and discipline in any given day. As a result, high-potential employees know the choices they make about how to invest those resources directly impacts the results they deliver. They continuously evaluate how they invest their intangible resources to create the right results. High-potentials value volume and quality over quantity. Because they understand their performance and activities are leading indicators they know how they invest in those indicators will ultimately determine the results they deliver.
4) Social
High-potential employees embrace the importance of social capital. As a result, they invest in their network and relationships because those know doing so will create lasting results. The relationships and network high-potentials build are deep and meaningful. They intentionally invest time into nurturing and growing their network with the goal of creating lasting relationships that are mutually beneficial.
5) Ambassador
High-potential employees create bridges between themself and the organization, customers and the organization, and their industry and community. They embody the values of the organization and yet very uniquely stand in their own brand. High-potentials takes wins and turns them into lasting loyalty, therefore, the relationships become more valuable.
Becoming a high-potential employee in the workplace today is being intentional in all that you do. Embracing agility by acting on curiosity. Intentionally taking a deeper level of ownership is a powerful mindset. Being intentional in creating deeper, more meaningful relationships. And finally, building bridges that connect everything. These are the new dimensions of a high-potential employee.
Last updated on December 15th, 2018 at 06:12 am
