Part one: Misconceptions about leadership and selection -- Part two: Building a predictive assessment -- Part three: The five talents that really matter -- Part four: Transformative questions, harsh truths, and our invitation to you

"[This book] serves as a research guide, stripping away misconceptions and providing a template against which career-driven mangers and leaders can access their capbilities and develop high performance. Its five evidence-based talent dimentions are: setting direction, harnessing energy, exerting pressure, increasin dconnectivity and controlling traffic... Armed with this Five Talents freamework, anyone can learn about the talents that predict high-performing leadership. Wherever you are on your leadership journey, this book will help you ask the right questions of yourself and your organization if you want to improve."--Dust jacket flap