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Key insights
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Retention is not mainly driven by industry, size, or budget: The authors state that these factors do not explain why talent stays in some companies and not others.
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Talent practices must operate as a system: The central claim is that retention improves when talent practices are designed to work together, not treated as standalone policies.
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What happened
The authors say companies with strong retention are not defined by industry, size, or budget. Instead, they differ in whether their talent practices work cohesively as a system rather than as isolated policies. frames talent retention as a systems problem: organizations should focus on how practices connect and reinforce each other to keep talent from leaving.
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