Play Offense, not Defense,

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Talent Plays

When asked which issues would be most challenging in 2009: 

• 30 percent of the corporate leaders who responded answered "protecting growth initiatives" 
• 24 percent said "making critical talent plays"
• 21 percent answered "exploiting risk opportunities"
• 17 percent replied "improving cost discipline".

• Take the opportunity to close critical skill gaps with less-occupied talent. 
• Reward outstanding performance. 
• Use the economic crisis to sharpen the acumen of future executives.

                  Monahan closed his interview with an astute observation:                        "Companies playing offense on talent have a remarkable opportunity right now."

• More than 56 percent of the paper consumed in the U.S. during 2007 was recovered for recycling - an all-time high.
• In total, 54.3 million tons of paper and paper board products were recovered last year in the United States - approximately 360 pounds for every man, woman, and child in the country, up from 233 pounds per person in 1990.
• The amount of paper being recovered far exceeds the amount sent to landfill sites.  Every ton of paper that is recovered saves 3.3 cubic yards of landfill space.
• Enough paper was recovered for recycling last year to fill 130 Empire State Buildings.
• Since 1990, when the paper industry established its first recovery goal to advance recycling in the United States, paper recovery has grown by more than 87 percent.

 Keep up the good work! Think Recycle!