Nearly everyone has heard the phrase: You can’t improve what you can’t measure. But the old adage has become a strategic mantra in articles like Accountability: The New Normal that point to a business movement where everything is measured. Companies are accountable to shareholders. People are accountable for performance. And HR is accountable for process. Lets look at the upsides to everyone in the organization when talent management is embraced, measured, and improves business performance. Staffing.orgs Waste Management, Inc. Gets Better, Much Better outlines how the HR team took the recruiting process and rapidly made dramatic change. From time to fill to turnover, the metrics reveal significant improvements that returned cost savings > $1 million and quantifiably contributed to earnings per share. That kind of measuring to get better puts Taleo customer Waste Management in good company.