On the brighter side, however, these results revealed that this company was blessed with some truly exemplary managers. These managers had built productive businesses by engaging the talents and passions of their people. In its quest to attract productive employees, this company could now stop hunting for the magical central fix. Instead, it could find out what its newly highlighted cadre of brilliant managers was doing and then build its company culture around this blueprint. It could try to hire more like its best. It could take the ideas of its best and multiply them companywide. It could
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