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The Rare Find:
…as organizations get bigger, the outer edges of their scouting systems need to be as lean, comprehensive, and efficient as possible.
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The Rare Find:
Ordinarily, looking for cheap solutions invites shoddy work. But on the outer edges of scouting, ordinary economics doesn’t apply.
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The Rare Find:
Being able to ask ‘What can go right?’ is the crucial first step toward opening new pathways to success.
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The Rare Find:
For bosses… it’s not enough to discover talent that shouts. That much is easy. The great challenges come later, once such people are on the payroll.
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The Rare Find:
…everything hinges on an ability to make the most of such people’s wide-ranging ambitions and restless spirits.
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The Rare Find:
If top performers don’t feel tied into the organization that hires them, all their marvelous potential may be useless.
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The Rare Find:
No matter how brightly a star might shine before a hiring decision is made, everything can blow up once a contract is signed.
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The Rare Find:
If events don’t play out as planned, talent that shouts can turn impatient, selfish, or frustrated. After too many such failures, some leaders retreat. They would rather surround themselves with amiable plodders…
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The Rare Find:
…benchmark organizations hardly ever coddle their stars. Instead, they set huge goals and run the hardest auditions.
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The Rare Find:
For exceptionally talented souls… long-running gauntlets are thrilling and addictive.
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