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▶IntroduCtIon

uilding a mobile workforce can be a competitive advantage for
your company. It can also be a powerful threat in the hands of
B your competitors. In a global market for talent, the best employ-
ees can work anywhere. Do you have job alternatives that will appeal
to workers of the twenty-first century? Does your corporate strategy
envision a mobile workforce? Are you prepared to lead one? Do you
have the capability to find, get, keep, and support mobile workers?
Is your organization technologically savvy—do you have the meta-
capabilities to keep up with the constant technological innovation that
will require new hardware and software regularly?
If you want to get a leg up on the competition, you should read this
book. If you want to provide the most flexibility for your workforce
and options for yourself as a leader, you should read this book.
It has been estimated that the number of worldwide mobile work-
ers will reach one billion by 2011, which includes nearly 75 percent
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of the U.S. workforce. These new, technology-enabled workers will
have unlimited, global job opportunities and easy access to companies
that will value them. The question you need to answer right now is,
do you have a mobile workforce strategy that is compelling enough to
attract the best talent to your company, and then to keep them?

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