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Question 2: Can you name you r top three t alent competitors?
Answer: By t his I mean no t only market comp etito rs, but
also those companies that w ould be most inter -
ested in steali ng y ou r best people. A fe w year s
ago, I worked for an interna tiona l logistics com-
pany that began losing a few key people t o a
small bus iness start-up in a noncompet itive field .
We quickly traced the defec tions back to a for-
mer executive who had left h is position to help
form the star t- up company. Staying on top of this
issue ena bled us to put toge ther an effective plan
for retaining other likely targets for this poachi ng
activity. How ...