Inside the Minds of High Potential Leaders: Early insights from The Roundtable Report
Summary
High-potential leaders drive organizational success, yet are we genuinely attuned to their most pressing needs? The Roundtable’s original research amplifies the voices of emerging and mid-level leaders across industries, revealing their biggest challenges, motivators, and aspirations for the future of work.
In this session, gain an exclusive preview of key themes from the 2026 Roundtable Report—crafted to equip senior HR and talent leaders with deep insights into the priorities of their emerging stars. We’ll delve into what these leaders are saying about effective leadership, organizational support, the impact of AI, and the pivotal career experiences that influence their engagement and retention.
Plus, we’ll share what your industry peers are doing to engage and sustain this key talent group.
Come away with actionable ideas to strengthen your leadership pipeline and create an environment where high-potential talent thrives.
Presenters
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Glain Roberts-McCabe
Glain (pronounced ‘Gline’ like ‘shine’) is the founder and President of The Roundtable, a company that helps leaders navigate change, disruption and growth by building the mindsets and behaviours that matter A sought-after expert in the field of group and team coaching, Glain works with executive teams and high potential leaders to make a bigger collective impact. With over 30 years leadership, business and coaching experience, Glain Glain has advised and worked with senior executives and leaders globally at some of the world’s most respected brands including: PepsiCo, Royal Bank of Canada, Ontario Power Generation, McCain Foods, CAA Club Group, Lindt The Roundtable coaching programs have received multiple awards including two ICF Prism Awards (2022), three Brandon Hall Gold Awards (2022 and 2023) and two I4PL Gold Awards (2012 and 2022) and The Roundtable was named the Top Glain is the author of two Amazon best-selling books: ‘The Grassroots Leadership Revolution’ and ‘Did I Really Sign Up for This’ and has written for several publications including: The Globe & Mail,
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