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Corporate value is increasingly dependent on employees, and talent optimization is becoming a serious business issue.

The Brookings Institution has reported that as much as 85% of a company’s market value is now calculated with intangible assets such as knowledge, reputation and human talent. Just 25 years ago that figure was less than 40%, so the value shift has been dramatic and swift.

Businesses are increasingly realizing their worth has less to do with buildings, machinery and inventory, and more to do with the intangible assets of the people across their organizations.

However, business leaders have been slow to embrace – and slower to act upon – the onslaught of data that proves this point, and often learn too late they’ve squandered opportunities to fully leverage their talent assets.

More troubling yet is that many leaders don’t even realize that employees are assets, and aren’t willing to invest in that asset without a compelling and quantifiable reason to do so.