The Talent War
How Special Operations and Great Organizations Win on Talent
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Foreword written by New York Times bestselling author and retired Navy SEAL Jocko Willink.
A must-read for any business leader looking to build elite teams and win on talent.
Talent is the foundation of every success story from Silicon Valley to Wall Street to Main Street, and even on the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan. It's the hidden asset that never shows up on the balance sheet, despite being the driver for a company's true value. And now, in this hypercompetitive business environment, the war for talent has never been more important, or more complex. Of eight hundred CEOs and six hundred C-suite executives polled in 2019, the overwhelming majority cited the ability to attract and retain top talent as their number one concern.
For your organization to win, you need to attract and retain the best talent. But without the right strategy or mindset, you won't be able to do so--and you won't be able to compete. After all, your people, not your product or service, are your strongest competitive advantage.
When it comes to winning on talent, no one does it better or more consistently than the US Special Operations community. Their success comes down to their people and a widely held foundational belief: Talent + Leadership = Victory.
The Talent War explores how US Special Operations Forces assess, select, and develop their world-class talent. You'll learn how to adopt a talent mindset, the single greatest weapon you can possess in the war for talent. When your organization reflects this mindset, you will hire, train, and develop the right people, and put them in the best positions to make decisions that allow you to retake the advantage and win the war.
Mike Sarraille
Mike Sarraille is a retired Navy SEAL, bestselling author of The Talent War and The Everyday Warrior, and one of the world's leading authorities on leadership, culture, and high-performing teams. Ranked the world's No. 3 leadership speaker by Global Gurus, he founded and led Talent War Group before becoming chief talent officer at Overwatch Mission Critical, a three-time Inc. 5000 honoree. Sarraille is also a Fox Nation television host, a frequent Fox News national security guest, and a multiple world-record holder in extreme skydiving.
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George Randle
Renowned talent expert George Randle is Managing Partner at Randall Partners, a leadership advisory and executive search firm. A trusted advisor to C-suite executives, boards, and investors, Randle has spent his career helping organizations make better leadership decisions in the moments that matter most-guiding the selection of roughly 2,500 senior leaders. He is a bestselling author, speaker, and executive coach, focused on judgment, performance, and the high-stakes decisions that define a company. He distills that experience into a discipline any leader can apply: getting the call right before the cost of getting it wrong shows up in the business.
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