The Executive Guide to High-Impact Talent Management
What People Are Saying


This book does an excellent job...

Incredibly helpful for... our entire senior management team...

"Most executives I know are far more comfortable running the financial or operational or product sides of their business. This book does an excellent job clarifying every leader's real role in developing talent to grow their business."
John Rex, CFO Microsoft North America

"DeLong & Trautman have attacked this issue of managing talent and developing leaders in a manner that is systemic, grounded, insightful, and incredibly helpful for a CEO like me and for our entire senior management team."
Peter Metcalf, CEO/President, Black Diamond Equipment

Practical approaches... can help you maximize the payoffs...

Shows leaders how to compete and win...

"The authors' practical approaches to prioritizing risk and implementing creative talent solutions can help you maximize the payoff off these investments."
Annmarie Neal, VP Cisco Center for Collaborative Leadership, Cisco Systems

"DeLong & Trautman show leaders how to compete and win at the increasingly high-stakes game of talent management."
Joseph W. Wilczek, CEO,
Franciscan Health System

 Full of practical insights...

This book gives leaders a practical guide...

"This book is full of practical insights that will make you a more effective leader today."
Hy Pomerance, Chief Talent Officer,
New York Life Insurance Company

"Globalization, an aging workforce, and a lack of bench strength make building future capabilities in today’s knowledge-intensive companies a tremendous challenge. No one-size-fits-all approach to talent management will do the trick. This book gives leaders a practical guide for developing new workforce and leadership capabilities that can be adapted to any culture."
Steve Goers, VP Open Innovation, Knowledge Management,
IP & Investments, Kraft Foods

This book shows HR leaders how to create a more effective dialogue with their line managers...

DeLong and Trautman show how time-starved executives can have an immediate and lasting impact...

"Few leaders doubt the dramatic impact we will experience with the massive changes in workforce demographics.  This book shows HR leaders how to create a more effective dialogue with their line managers to implement talent strategies that truly improve business performance."
Dave Hemmer, President, Career Partners International
"Like most businesses, Aon Corporation must always look for ways to get better at developing tomorrow’s leaders. With great examples from both large and small companies, DeLong and Trautman show how time-starved executives can have an immediate and lasting impact on their talent pipeline."
Adam Stanley, Chief Technology Officer, Aon Corporation
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