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February 6th, 2008 @ 6:00 am
There are frameworks in place to help managers make decisions in almost every area of their work — except talent management. John Boudreau explains how identifying the pivotal employees — the group for which talent improvements will make the biggest difference — and focusing efforts on them can have an enormous impact on your business.
Featured Guest: John W. Boudreau, coauthor, Beyond HR: The New Science of Human Capital.
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