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How do you develop the people who will one day lead your company? High Flyers challenges conventional wisdom about how to groom executives for the top positions in the firm by presenting a strategic framework for identifying and developing future executives that senior managers can use to identify and develop future executives. McCall demonstrates that the best executives aren't necessarily managers who possess a previously identified, generic list of traits or who have risen to the top through survival of the fittest. Rather, the real leaders of the future are those who have the ability to learn from their experiences and remain open to continuous learning. If these people get the right experiences on the job, they will have the ultimate opportunity to learn new executive skills. Full of vivid real-life examples, High Flyers is for everyone in the organization who has responsibility for developing people - as well as for aspiring managers who want to learn what it takes to become truly effective leaders. For companies, High Flyers demonstrates the power of executive development as a competitive advantage and the way to ensure the best leadership for the future.

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One of the recent outgrowths of corporate enthusiasm for strategic planning has been a focus on executive continuity and continuity planning. McCall, though, has been writing and teaching about executive development, experience, and leadership for more than 10 years. He is a professor of management and organization at the University of Southern California's Marshall School of Business and a former director of research at the Center for Creative Leadership. In looking at how organizations select and groom employees for advancement and for leadership roles, McCall comes to conclusions that are at odds with some commonly held assumptions. He argues that effective leaders may not be those who have successfully climbed the corporate ladder, nor can they be identified by having exhibited certain desired characteristics. He suggests that the exposure to different types of experience within the organization and the ability to learn from those experiences are the most critical factors in developing potential leaders. McCall goes on to show how best to create a structure to maximize opportunities for such exposure. --David Rouse

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Morgan W. McCall, Jr. , is a professor of management and organization at the University of Southern California's Marshall School of Business. Previously, he was Director of Research at the Center for Creative Leadership in Greensboro, NC. He is the co-author of five books, including The Lessons of Experience and Whatever It Takes: Decision Makers at Work .