We live in an age when people are the business differentiators that power innovation in design, IT, supply chain, process, training, networking, communication, content, and everything else. People make the difference, and talent management is the business strategy to maximize that difference. Talent intelligence provides the information you need to truly know who is driving your organizational success and how to unlock the power of your people. Who provides the key to unlock that power? You. You are the line-of-business leader who hires the talent, makes the talent productive, develops the talent, moves the talent around, pays the talent, and manages performance. As a business manager, you are the one who makes the talent decisions every day that lead to business success.

This white paper explores the role of business leaders in driving talent management functions, with a particular focus on the tools and approaches that will make them successful.