THANK YOU We’re only able to produce high quality research like the 2025 Potential Report through your support. We wanted this survey to be the largest ever research project on potential and you made that possible! To everyone who completed the survey – which was our longest ever in our 15 years of research – […]
By Zac Upchurch, Chief Operating Officer, Talent Strategy Group Welcome to the eighth edition of this Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) and Chief People Officer (CPO) Trends Report, providing a view into the evolving landscape of Human Resources leadership across the Fortune 200 companies. This year’s report identifies seven key trends shaping the role and […]
Most of our clients want to elevate performance in their organization. Yet many hesitate until they have the excuse of a restructuring or redesign to take the first step. We believe there’s no bad time to start increasing performance and that the process starts with a note from the CEO. That CEO note tells the […]
It’s such a common scenario in talent reviews that we’ve even given it a name – upper right bias. That’s when managers place a strangely large percentage of their team in the high potential category, typically located in the upper right section of their potential tool. That upper right bias could be due to managers […]
Introduction Our 2025 Critical Roles Report brings you global insights on how companies select and manage their highest value roles. As organizations increase their sophistication in talent management, their logical next step is to understand which roles add value, why and to ensure they derive value from those roles. Our research project asked how organizations […]
Somewhere above the intersection of high performers and high potentials exists a rare and exceptionally capable type of talent. Their contributions are five times, ten times, up to fifty times larger than the average employee. They’re so rare that you might not have one in your company. We know that they’re often found in creative […]