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The Return on Talent Management Investments

The previous chapters describe the costs associated with uncertainty as the factor that undermines the ability to make internal development pay. If you can find different and better ways to recoup your investments in development, you can dramatically improve your talent management options as well as expand your investments in employees. Such investments are crucial not only for their careers but also for the economy as a whole.

Despite the significant shift away from internal development over the past generation, it is almost impossible to imagine a company that does no internal development. Internal development appears to offer a great many advantages. Reams have been written about the competencies ...

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