Practices that the most successful companies like Alphabet, Boston Consulting Group, Edward Jones, Deloitte, Facebook, Genentech, Intuit, and Salesforce.com use to hire the best people they can find do not include Multiple Choice coaching average performers to improve their skills and capabilities. weeding out the 20 percent lowest-performing employees each year. careful screening and evaluation of job applicants. rotating people through jobs that span functional and geographic boundaries. striving to retain talented, high-performing employees via promotions, salary increases, and other perks