41.   In recruiting employees, local firms can typically offer less than, say, a Santa Clara company and still manage to land top talent.

42.   In the long stock-market boom, top talent wanted equity.

43.   In some cases, the CMO title is a recruiting tool in a booming economy, where competition for top talent is stiff.

44.   In the past, the firm scrambled to attract top talent.

45.   In this excerpt, the authors explain how the best companies grow great leaders and recruit top talent by putting more thought into developing their managers and their staffs.

46.   It may not get as many applicants, but it has more leverage to lure top talent.

47.   It is also hastening the departure of key players within the firm, particularly top talents who are being lured away by competitors.

48.   Jack Hewitt, CEO of Versata Inc. in Oakland, knows both the joys of joining an Internet startup and the agony of attracting and signing top talent.

49.   Majerus has had a knack of outrecruiting Brigham Young for top talent.

50.   Moreover, he said his attempts to attract top talent were stymied because he could not offer equity.