Every year organizations engage in talent management processes that are intended to help them make better talent decisions. What is missing?

Every year organizations engage in talent management processes that are intended to help them make better talent decisions. What is missing?
Authored by: Roger Pearman and Robert Eichinger How many High Potentials do you need? Most of the time, the answer is more. In our collective 90 years in the practice of Talent Management and Succession Planning, we have never experienced a surplus of talent on the bench who were ready to assume top management roles.
To Tell…Or Not To Tell…Should you tell employees how they were designated in the annual talent review? Explore this age old question.
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What is the difference between performance and potential in talent management? Explaining the mystery of the 9-box matrix helps to show the difference between these two estimates.
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