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I am NOT an Asset

Employees and Candidates as Investors

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Kevin Wheeler
Aug 02, 2023
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Companies often say that people are their most important asset. I have always found this term disingenuous, and when I hear it, I feel disrespected.

Am I making too much out of a word? I don’t believe so. Words are powerful and convey hidden meanings and create behaviors, sometimes ones we don’t wish to convey.

What Is an Asset?
The dictionary defines asse…

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