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Volume 17 that will likely never change. But other segments of the population (especially millennials) seem to be increasingly looking to the broader employee experience in addition to compensation to make career choices. Corporations attuned to this dynamic will have a distinct advantage over those not so attuned in the never-ending “hunt for talent.” Conclusion: Marshaling the right re- sources Today’s corporate executive faces a number of potential threats and opportunities that will de- termine the corporate winners and losers in the coming years. From force multipliers to information advantage, the Marshals have shown how innovative orga- nizational efficiencies can consistently produce stellar results. Many of its trademark techniques, which have come from tough front-line experience, bear con- sideration from the corporate world: • Employee selection techniques like extreme no-win scenarios and related lines of ques- tioning to find the right kind of people for the October 2017 Edition • • • • job. Economically testing and fine-tuning strategic concepts before undertaking widespread and expensive projects increases the probability of a successful project portfolio activity. Employing operational leverage rather than financial leverage to improve risk-adjusted profitability. Leveraging data and various forms of analy- ses, both standard and alternative, to better inform strategy and operations. Improving the employee experience to attract and retain dedicated and motivated employ- ees. USMS (Image courtesy of the U.S. Marshals Service) Author profiles Lenny DePaul, U. S. Marshals Service, Retired Chief Inspector Joseph Calandro, Jr., is a Managing Director at PwC, Fellow of the Gabelli Center for Global Se- curity Analysis at Fordham University and author of Applied Value Investing (NY: McGraw-Hill, 2009). He is the corresponding author and can be contacted at: [email protected] Eric Trowbridge is a Director at PwC 27