[While shareholders want boards to pick the best candidate, imported talent inevitably costs more. During the book tour for his recent best seller] Winning, ... is one of the many driving forces behind the exponential rise in CEO pay.

[Although shareholders want boards to pick the best candidate, imported talent inevitably costs more. During the book tour for his recent best seller,] Winning, ... is one of the many driving forces behind the exponential rise in CEO pay.

My main job was developing talent. I was a gardener providing water and other nourishment to our top 750 people. Of course, I had to pull out some weeds, too.

[The Wolves will also face challenges from Altheimer, Dermott and Eudora, which] has all kinds of talent, ... We could finish anywhere from 5-5 to 10-0. It all depends on our staying heal-thy and playing up to our ability.

We knew going in that they were going to play very tough and aggressive. They have some young talent on that team and they have nothing to lose. They have some kids who know how to score and they scrap and play defense. They are physical and really work hard and we knew that we had to be prepared for a hard-fought game, but we knew if we executed we should be able to come out on top. We didn't execute.

I think we've had a talent vacuum in the administration that has created many of these financial problems. I think the Mayor is putting together a better team that can deal with it.