This post also appeared in the Business section of the Huffington Post. It's popular today to talk up people as a company's best assets. It's true - people are in fact the secrets that elevate good businesses to great ones. But talk alone isn't going to get you far. To truly benefit from those great hires, you've got to invest actual energy in them. You really believe people are your best assets?

Here are seven ways to prove it. Read the full post here.