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Thebiggest,mostimportantissueinthenewbusinesscenturyisn'toutsourcingortechnology.Thebiggestissuefacingyourbusiness,andeveryotherbusinessaswell,istalent—findingit,recruitingit,nurturingit,andkeepingit.Infact,talentmanagementisnowmoreimportantthantechnologyoranyotherdepartmentfunction.InSmartIsNotEnough!,AlanGuarinoexplainseverythingHRmanagersandbusinessleadersneedtoknowtomanagetheirtalentforsuccess—includinghisrevolutionarySouthPoleTheory,apracticalsolutiontothecriticaltalentshortagebusinesseswillfaceinthenewcentury.Traditionally,companieshaverecruitedtheirtalentfromtheranksofacademictopperformers.Butsomeofthemostsuccessfulbusinessleadersweren'tgoodstudentsthemselves,suchasKinko'sfounderPaulOrfalea,BarbaraCorcoran,founderoftheCorcoranGroup,andWayneHuizengaofBlockbuster.Intherealworld,academicachievementdoesn'tnecessarilytranslateintogoodleadershipskills,commonsense,streetsmarts,orsuccess.Guarino'sSouthPoleTheoryoffersapracticalstrategyforfindingthosedriven,hard-workingindividualswhodidn'tfinishatthetopoftheclass.Ifyourbusinessistosurvivethetalentcrunch,youhavetoopenyourmindandrethinkthewayyouseek,deploy,lead,anddeveloptalent.Theonlywayyou'llwinthecompetitionfortalentisbylearningtolookinnewplacesforhiddengems.Inside,you'lllearnthebasicsoftheSouthPoleTheory,plusmuchmore:Howthetalentshortagewillaffectyourbusiness;Whyemotionalintelligence(EI)ismoreimportantthanGPA;ThefiveSouthPoletalentsecrets;AttractingSouthPoletalent;Developingyourstaffwithcutting-edgemethods;Leadingyourtalenttospectacularsuccess.Tocompetetoday,topcompaniesneedtocultivateandcapitalizeoneveryavailablesourceoftalent.SmartIsNotEnough!sharesthenewandeffectivetechniquesyouneedtofinddetermined,dedicatedgo-getterswhowouldotherwisefallthroughthecracksifjudgedsolelyonacademicqualities.Peoplearethemostvaluableresourceinbusiness.Thisrevolutionaryguidewillshowyouhowtokeepthatresourceflowingintoyourbusiness—soyoucansurviveandflourish.作者简介:ALANC.GUARINOcofoundedtheexecutivesearchfirmCornellInternationalin1993andgrewittoprominenceonWallStreetbeforesellingittoAdecco,theworld'slargestrecruitingcompany,in2003.AtAdecco,heremainsCEOofCornellandisresponsibleforthebrandworldwide.HealsopersonallyhandlesaselectnumberofretainedsearchassignmentsforWallStreetclientsandemerginggrowthcompaniesinprofessionalservices,financialservices,e-business,marketing,communications,andtechnology.Formoreinformation,visitwww.AlanGuarino.comorwww.SmartIsNotEnough.com.