Everyone Is Equal, but Some Are More Equal Than Others

摘要

When organizational leaders talk aboutpotential, one is reminded of the scene inAnimal Farm (Orwell, 1949) when the pigspost the sign, "All animals are equal, butsome animals are more equal than others."As soon as an organization identifies a poolof high potentials, it can send a signal toeveryone else that they might have potentialbut not quite as much as those in the selectgroup. So what is a company to do? In theirreview, Silzer and Church (2009) providea clue when they raise an important andintriguing question: "Potential for what?"