much has happened in the last ten years to redefine the talent issues facing companies. Some organizations are grappling successfully with the challenges, but others urgently need to start working on them. According to a recent survey by the Society for Human Resource Management, for example, a third of US companies have done nothing about the aging of the workforce.
* TARGET TALENT AT ALL LEVELS
A decade ago, the War for Talent research made a strong case for emphasizing the recruitment and retention of a company's A players-the top-performing 20 percent or so of managers. Our research at the time showed that these high performers were twice as likely as average ones to improve operational ...