HBR's 10 Must Reads on Talent (with bonus article "Building a Game-Changing Talent Strategy" by Douglas A. Ready, Linda A. Hill, and Robert J. Thomas)

Invest in your most valuable resource: your people.

Top talent is hard to come by. And seeing them walk out the door can be painful—and expensive. You need to take proactive steps to ensure that you attract, develop, and retain your best people.

If you read nothing else on managing talent in your organization, read these 10 articles. We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help you ensure that your star employees stay engaged, grow their skills, and remain committed to your organization.

This book will inspire you to:

• Build a talent strategy for your organization
• Reinvent HR and bring on a CHRO
• Identify and develop high-potential employees
• Reengineer your recruitment processes to attract stellar candidates
• Create a learning culture within your organization
• Use people analytics to study influence and innovation

HBR's 10 Must Reads paperback series is the definitive collection of books for new and experienced leaders alike. Leaders looking for the inspiration that big ideas provide, both to accelerate their own growth and that of their companies, should look no further. HBR's 10 Must Reads series focuses on the core topics that every ambitious manager needs to know: leadership, strategy, change, managing people, and managing yourself. Harvard Business Review has sorted through hundreds of articles and selected only the most essential reading on each topic. Each title includes timeless advice that will be relevant regardless of an ever‐changing business environment.