Companies are learning to turn employee defections into opportunities, writes Fiona Smith. The common view of employee mobility is that when good people leave your organisation, it is a loss. You have lost their expertise, the advantage of their personal and professional relationships and you now have to go about the expensive and fraught process of finding and recruiting a suitable replacement. Melbourne Business School’s Ian Williamson takes another perspective. When people leave, they can also be an extremely valuable resource for their former employer. [Read Full Text]