High-Flyers - Uber-Execs

How to spot your next batch of high-flyers and what sets them apart ...

“High-flyers really are better than the rest of us - at least when it comes to 'personality factors' and reasoning abilities.”

• Look for managers who challenge norms
  high-flyers think more broadly and creatively than ordinary mortals - and they're more open to doing things in new ways
• Let them express themselves
  they pay attention to communication in order to strengthen relationships and want others to understand them
• Ask them to feel your pain (joy, anger)
  'social functioning' (gregariousness, warmth) ie they're more capable of understanding colleagues’ emotions
• Don't ask for accuracy
  there were no differences in speed and accuracy of thought between fast-trackers and slowcoaches
• Let them imagine
  'sensing' and intuition are what they're good at

Source: British Psychological Society