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techniques, and strategies was a high-performance practice. Extending these offerings
beyond leaders and managers to individual contributor employees was associated with
especially high performance.
Defining High Performers
This report identifies practices associated with being a high performer. Organizations were
considered to be high performers if they met two criteria:
• They were performing as well as or better than their competitors in financial
performance, customer and client satisfaction, employee engagement, and growth
potential for the next five years.
• Their talent development functions helped them achieve their ...