title: Talent : Making People Your Competitive Advantage
author: Edward E. Lawler III
description: Voted "Best Book of 2008" in Human Capital, <i>Strategy +Business</i> "Some boards do have committees on human resources,but they typically focus on CEO and executive compensation andperhaps succession planning at the executive level, not on theoverall talent strategy and effectiveness of theorganization...What is needed is a human capital committee thataddresses succession planning for senior management positions andthe evaluation of the CEO and the top management team."--asexcerpted from TALENT by Edward E. Lawler, III in <i>Directors&amp; Boards</i>
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  **TALENT  
  
  
  IS  
  
  
  NEVER**  
  
  
  ENOUGH
  
  
  
  
  
  **BECOMING  
  
  
  A PERSON OF  
  
  
  INFLUENCE**
  
  
  
  
  
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