Nothing is more important to a company's performance than its ability to develop and deploy talent with 'the right stuff'. Almost everything else, from economic downturns and interest rate up-ticks to surprise moves by competitors, is an excuse. But only a few companies have discovered how to be masters of the talent game. They develop talent with the same discipline and intensity as they manage their finances. Bill Conaty and Ram Charan, two superstars of the business world, use their insider knowledge at a wide range of companies to provide a system any business can use to build its most valuable asset: talented leaders who can deliver the goods.
About the Author BILL CONATY, long recognized as a world leader in his field, recently retired as senior vice president for human resources at General Electric, the company consistently ranked as without peer in developing world-class leaders. The management development and training programs that Conaty engineered provided GE with one of the worlds most talent-rich management benches. Conaty has served as chairman of the National Academy of Human Resources and was named as a Distinguished Fellow, the organizations highest honor. He currently serves as a personal advisor to the CEOs of companies around the world, including P&G, Boeing, Dell, Goodyear, LG Electronics (Korea), and UniCredit Bank (Italy)
RAM CHARAN is a highly sought after business advisor and speaker, famous among senior executives for his uncanny ability to solve their toughest business problems. For more than thirty-?ve years, Dr. Charan has worked behind the scenes with top executives at some of the worlds most successful companies, providing advice that is down-to-earth and relevant and that takes into account the real-world complexities of business. Dr. Charan is also the coauthor of Execution, The Game-Changer , and Confronting Reality and the author of What the CEO Wants You to Know , Know-How , and Leadership in the Era of Economic Uncertainty .
