“This fast-paced, insightful, and readable book provides a wealth of practical advice for how to generate long-term growth through better handling of talent, strategy, and risk.”

—BOB BRADWAY, Chairman and CEO, Amgen; Board Director, Boeing

“This book is a page-turner based on the experience of three of the best practitioners in their respective fields. It is not ‘more of the same’ governance and management speak but a great playbook to enhance TSR and sharpen your strategy.”

—GEORGE OLIVER, Chairman and CEO, Johnson Controls; Board Director, Raytheon Technologies

“What a delight it is to take in the combined wisdom of these three highly respected practitioners of the art of value creation.”

—RON SUGAR, former Chairman and CEO, Northrop Grumman; Chairman, Uber; and Board Director, Chevron Corporation, Apple, and Amgen

“This book defines the standard for long-term, sustainable value creation with helpful and solid solutions for aligning investors, boards, management teams, and employees. Talent, strategy, and risk will become synonymous with ‘total shareholder return.’ Well done and a great read!”

—GREG GARLAND, Chairman and CEO, Phillips 66; Board Director, Amgen

“A new and thoughtful investor road map for CEOs and CFOs to pay attention to as we navigate issues of talent, strategy, and risk. It’s critical that you read this important book.”

—FRANK D’AMELIO, Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President, Global Supply, Pfizer; Board Director, Zoetis and Humana

“Fast-paced and insightful, this book draws on the authors’ extensive experience and in-depth interviews with a who’s who of business leaders and investors. I intend to regularly return to it as the Power Authority carries out Vision 2030, its new strategic plan.”

—GIL QUINIONES, President and CEO, New York Power Authority

“A smart and thoughtful narrative filled with keen insights. This book will simultaneously guide you and challenge your thinking about how investors and boards are impacting talent, strategy, and risk in the companies they invest in and oversee.”

—BRUCE BROUSSARD, President and CEO, Humana; Board Director, KeyCorp

“Talent, Strategy, Risk synthesizes and illuminates what really matters to investors. This fast-paced read is a must for CEOs and corporate boards.”

—GREG BROWN, Chairman and CEO, Motorola Solutions

“The authors provide a rich compendium and a wealth of research around forward-thinking ideas and specific examples of new processes and practices to foster innovation in governance and oversight of today’s complex corporations and institutions.”

—IVAN SEIDENBERG, former Chairman and CEO, Verizon Communications; Board Director, Madison Square Garden Sports; and former Director, BlackRock

“McNabb, Charan, and Carey make a clear, compelling case for boards to rethink the age-old concept of total shareholder return and focus instead on the critical topics of talent, strategy, and risk—hence a newly defined TSR.”

—ROGER FERGUSON, former President and CEO, TIAA; Board Director, Alphabet, General Mills, and International Flavors & Fragrances

“Attract and empower great talent. Find a leader who can formulate and implement a winning strategy. Foster a culture of intelligent risk-taking. Deliver on these elements of the ‘new TSR’ and the ‘old TSR’ will take care of itself. These are the central themes of this powerful book.”

—BRIAN ROGERS, former Chairman, T. Rowe Price; Board Director, Raytheon Technologies and Lowe’s

“The role of the board is more important and demanding than ever. Talent, Strategy, Risk helps readers frame and navigate the most important questions with real insights and practical advice—a rare combination these days.”

—KEVIN SHARER, former Chairman and CEO, Amgen; coauthor, The CEO Test

“As a private-company CEO, I found the ideas advanced by the authors to be both refreshingly new and practical. The focus on the emergence of a powerful new ESG investor class was especially relevant.”

—STEPHEN SIDWELL, CEO, Nexii Building Solutions

“The corporate game is changing from optimizing total shareholder return (TSR) to leading with talent, strategy, and risk, ‘the new TSR.’ And here, from the A team—Bill McNabb, Ram Charan, and Dennis Carey—is the playbook for directors, executives, and investors to put that future in place now.”

—MICHAEL USEEM, Professor of Management, The Wharton School; author, The Edge

“Talent, Strategy, Risk challenges age-old orthodoxies and brings new thinking to how boards manage companies and the investment community.”

—PETER FASOLO, Executive Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer, Johnson & Johnson