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.