Talent Wins

Acknowledgments

First and foremost, thanks to the many CEOs, CFOs, and HR leaders we spoke with who generously shared their own learning and hard-won experience. Their examples enliven the narrative, enhance the learning for readers, and inspire us all. Our playbook is infinitely richer for their contributions.

Appropriately, a lot of talented people across three very agile organizations shared their time, intelligence, and contacts to help us transform our ideas and experience into a book.

Special thanks to the “core team” who were in there brainstorming approaches or managing the complex logistics of reporting and publishing throughout the journey: Geri Willigan, Cynthia Burr, and Jodi Engleson from Charan Associates; Donna Gregor from Korn ...