Looking at the key issues in contemporary talent management, this guide offers advice on how to engage people in the context of a recession as well as how to identify and develop them. It introduces a method for defining the qualities you are looking for in talented people that is straightforward and more suited than competencies to these austere times. The authors all work as consultants at Human Assets Limited, a business psychology firm that has been helping its clients match their talent requirements for over twenty years. Charles Woodruffe has written extensively on talent management and his first book on the topic, Winning the talent war, was published by John Wiley ten years ago. Wendy Lyons brings her experience of consulting in Asia and has recently appeared on television and the national press commenting on the credit crisis and financial scandals. Jasmin Silver has a particular interest in the engagement of different generations, particularly Generation Y