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Attracting and Retaining Great Talent

The Wall Street Journal (online) | January 1, 2013

1. PLAY TO WIN

Create a culture that fosters a business-value mind-set. Hire people with the courage to be irreverent. Show employees how they connect to the overall business.

2. GO BROAD

Hire people with a diversity of backgrounds and experiences, beyond classic IT. Provide access to other parts of the organization.

3. TELL THE STORY

Get people excited about the mission of the organization. Convince them they are on a winning team. Sell yourselves and what you do.

4. GO DEEP WITH SCHOOLS

Deepen relationships with colleges and universities as well as other strategic partners.

CO-CHAIRS:

Jamie Bird, Managing Director and CIO, Carlyle Group

Brenda R. Peterson, Vice President, Corporate Services, Tesoro Corp.

Kimberly Stevenson, Vice President, Information Technology Group, and CIO, Intel

SUBJECT EXPERT:

Shawn Banerji, Managing Director, Corporate Technology and Business Services, Russell Reynolds Associates

To view the online article, follow this link to The Wall Street Journal.

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