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Bench Strength
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Bench Strength

by Robert W. Barner
April 2006
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
256 pages
7h
English
AMACOM
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CHAPTER 4
E
VALUATING
S
TRATEGIC
T
RADE
-O
FFS
No trumpets sound when the important
decisionsofourlifearemade.
Destiny is made known silently.
—A
GNES DE
M
ILLE
,
CHOREOGRAPHER
I would argue th at all strategies are de fined by the decisions they
encompass. The trick here is not just in making superior decisi ons,
but also i n learning how to i denti fy, fr om the plethora of leadership
talent decisions that confront you at a ny moment, t hose few deci-
sions that shap e the events aroun d you. I am su re that as a com-
pany executive or CTO you may have recen tly fo und yoursel f
confronted with a num ber of diffi cult talent management deci-
sions:
Do I take a
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ISBN: 9780814429402