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...demand picks up, those solid-performing workers who constitute the heart of a business are likely to start migrating to places that make them feel more appreciated. "Long-term performance depends far more on the contributions of B players than many firms have come to realize," says Thomas DeLong, a professor at Harvard Business School. DeLong describes B players as the middle 80% of a company's work force, employees who are neither the hotshots (the A's) nor the weakest links...
...Moderated by KSG Dean Joseph S. Nye Jr., the panel also included Stanley Fischer, first deputy managing director of the International Monetary Fund, Allan Meltzer, the former chair to the International Financial Institution Advisory Commission to the U.S. Congress and Brad DeLong and Barry Eichengreen, University of California-Berkeley economists...
...University President Neil L. Rudenstine is known for spending long hours on meticulous searches. Delong also said that Summers' ability to pick good people is one of his greatest strengths. "For the part of the job that is spent in ad hoc committees making personnel decisions, he's the best you can possibly get--probably one of the best in the world," Delong said...
...Equally strong, said Delong, would be his ability to plan for the University's future. Summers, he said, is a central thinker about the emerging New Economy and is deeply interested in the ramifications it will have for the world...
...planning for the future of the University, Larry would be again among the best of the world. He's someone who can move resources into promising new areas, as opposed to merely following behind," Delong said...