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Benchmarking: HR’s friend or foe?

What should you benchmark? Why should you benchmark? What are others benchmarking? And what are the cautionary tales? We explore this in the latest HR on the Offensive podcast featuring Chris Howard and Cathy Acratopulo from the LACE Partners team.

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