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Retain Your Top Performers

Marshall Goldsmith

The “intellectual capital” brought in by high-knowledge employees will be a major, if not the primary, competitive advantage. Leaders can no longer afford to let the vagaries of the job market determine who leaves and who stays. Retaining High-Impact Performers . Life is good. Marshall@MarshallGoldsmith.com.

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Ignore Emotional Intelligence at Your Own Risk

Harvard Business Review

And, as the leader of our firm’s management appraisal practice, professional development, and intellectual capital creation, I’ve also carefully studied various assessment approaches and their performance impact. Hiring Human resources Managing people Managing yourself'

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You Don’t Need to Be a Silicon Valley Startup to Have a Network-Based Strategy

Harvard Business Review

A platform connects providers and users in a multisided market. A platform can be a business platform (a multisided market), a software platform (a cloud-based subscription service), or an engagement platform, (a user-generated community). Human capital. After all, we call the department human resources.