high-potential
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5.1
- noun
- Jargon
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alto potencial
- The company has a program to develop its high-potential employees into future leaders.
- gifted high-potential
- high-potential students
Examples
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Children in this study were identified as gifted high potential based on teacher recommendation, researcher professional judgment, and a parent identification questionnaire.
Academic text (1996) -
If you're talented and lucky enough to be considered a high potential by your organization, congratulations!
Blog text (29) -
It's been my experience that when it comes to high potential identification, second chances are rare.
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How do you make sure you remain seen as a high potential once you've been tagged?
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Organizations will often inadvertently do everything they can to sabotage their high potentials.
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Most organizations have some kind of formal or informal succession planning process to identify their high potential (HIPO), or "fast track" talent.
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High potentials are often offered developmental resources that organizations just can't afford to offer to every employee.
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The research described here attempts to discover if or how the parenting behaviors of children identified as gifted and high potential differed in any way from the parenting behaviors of parents of non-precocious children.
Academic text (1996) -
For the purpose of this study, underachieving students (n=17) were defined as students with high potential, as evidenced by academic achievement or intelligence test results above the 90th percentile using local norms, who were not achieving at a level that was expected based on this potential.
Academic text (2004) -
She was recognized as a high-potential employee after consistently exceeding performance targets.
Synonyms
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5.1
A person who is very successful and likely to go far at work or school
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6.3
A person who is very successful and wants to achieve a lot
How Promotable
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word high-potential combines high ('great') and potential ('ability' or 'possible power'), so a high-potential person is someone with a lot of ability. That's why companies call employees 'high-potential' when they think they will become future leaders.