It’s tempting to open the program up to everyone from the start, but midsized companies are best off starting small and then expanding once there is proven success with high-potential employees.

Growth is motivated by vision and strategy, but it is achieved through numbers and a focused effort to make those numbers go up. That means the bottom line, which everyone realizes, but it also means getting staff across the company to buy into more complex, real-time, or leading key performance indicators (KPI).