Talent Scouting
Employees' hidden star qualities might be just the thing to put your business's name in lights.
By Chris Penttila •
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Do you know how talented your employees really are? Everyemployee has hidden talents that could take your company from goodto great. "People come with more talent than the jobthey're hired for," says Robert Kelley, a professor ofmanagement at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh.
Tapping the talent zeitgeist is more important than ever before.Employees want their hidden talents to be recognized and developed:When Indianapolis loyalty research firm Walker Information Inc.surveyed 2,400 employees last year, it found two-thirds wanted toleave their companies because there weren't enough developmentopportunities.
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