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The Talent Era: Achieving a High Return on Talent (Financial Times (Prentice Hall))

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Altogether this is an excellent effort made by Chowdhary. The starting is owesome. I think at some places the author failed to convey the thought which was in his mind. Due to this sometime the reader gets bored and looses intrest. Also way too much mentioning of his native country which is not really a bad idea but it made the said topic irrelavant. I would say the Book returned 50% of what it was intended to do.

Mr. Chowdhury's writing is quite dry and I didn't get much out of reading this book. I was quite disappointed after hearing so much from others.

I read Chowdhury's previous bestselling book THE POWER OF SIX SIGMA in which he explained complex topic like Six Sigma in entaining way. And one of the important element of Six Sigma as Chowdhury explained "PEOPLE POWER". His latest book "THE TALENT ERA" reemphasizes the power of talented people to any type or size of organizations.

If you want to read only one business book this year, BUY this book and READ each chapter very carefully. Each chapter presents NEW and INNOVATIVE IDEAS in the field of Talent management. Chowdhury's "7 SECRETS of Talent" is a MASTERPIECE Chapter I read in a business book after a long time - it is INSPIRATIONAL. This book should be in every manager's reading list in this economic turbulant time. As managers want to CUT people during tough time, but Chowdhury argues that PEOPLE is the MOST IMPORTANT ASSET of an organization and make sure that you are not getting rid of TALENTED PEOPLE. Chowdhury's theory of RETURN ON TALENT and The Talent Scorecard are very powerful and fresh in management literature plus it is practical.

I strongly recommend this book to everyone.