I’m relatively new to the company and keep reading stuff about high potential employees etc.
Do Hi-Pos know that they are that or can you just infer from roles you get. If you are told are you informed about career objective or other things. Curious as to how this works. Sponsor, mentor, other related things?
@hb Some high‑potential employees have sponsors, while all new hires are assigned mentors. The difference is significant. Sponsors ensure their protégés remain highly ranked regardless of performance. Mentors, on the other hand, often focus on elevating their own visibility by positioning themselves as the reason their mentees succeed. They frame it as “coaching” or “guiding,” but in practice it becomes a dynamic where the mentee’s accomplishments are attributed to the mentor’s supposed influence, making it appear as though the employee couldn’t succeed without their involvement. Bottom-line real mentorship does not exist in EM system
I’m also new to the company. What does XOM stand for?
How is sponsor different from a typical mentor in other companies in a real sense? Or is it the same just a different language ?
Surest way to tell is whether you’ve been assigned a true senior executive mentor. Anything less and they are just playing you. Too many people fall for it when they get a few good early jobs, but if you’re not HiPo your careee is dead already,. Like Bruce Willis, you just don’t know it yet.
@OP you don’t have to worry. Being a Hipo at such a great company is amazing
Some HiPos are worthy.
A HiPo gets ranked at very top of rank group without any effort and sometimes without any knowledge of their current job. Even complete catastrophes created by a HiPo get covered up.
The flaw in the Executive development system is that there is no off ramp where a chosen HiPo can be dropped due to incurable arrogance or complete incompetence. There is incredible resistance for Sponsors to admit mistakes and drop a HiPo.
Some are very good at something or atleast management believes in investing in them. Be careful around them as some have proven to be very good at crippling careers
Stands for High Potential. People get marked high potential and have a very different career than the average employee.
You’ll find out soon enough, just watch and absorb young padawan.
Its a POS that say Hi a lot.
@OP mentor is assigned to every one (experienced/campus) hires. Avoid them as they claim all your work and sabotage your career to go up the ladder
Someone selected by the Masonic elders for promotion. Will eventually require to perform some shaming ritual in private.