Who Is the New How: Strategies to Find, Recruit, and Create the Best Teams - Hardcover

by Justin Palmer (Author), Jessica Schertz (Author)

Recruit, create, and retain the best teams

In Who Is the New How: Strategies to Find, Recruit, and Create the Best Teams, a team of accomplished talent experts delivers a hands-on roadmap to filling your most mission-critical roles with the best people. In the book, you'll explore strategies that guide the world's most innovative companies and high-performing organizations as they scour the globe to build impactful, productive teams.

You'll learn how to reimagine your talent acquisition strategy, from who you're looking for to how you should recruit them. You'll also discover how and why to say goodbye to familiar phrases like, "just get a butt in the seat," and counter-productive metrics like "time-to-fill." The authors also explain:

• Why identifying candidates aligned with your company's mission and culture is so critical to long-term talent success
• How using the right combination of technology and human expertise in the recruitment process can be the key to winning top talent
• What building teams filled with the right people can do for your team's morale and ultimately make companies successful

A revolutionary new approach to one of the most critical issues facing organizations today, Who Is the New How is the talent playbook that business and HR leaders have been waiting for.

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Business leaders in all sectors consistently report that finding the perfect people to fill critical roles in their organizations remains one of the most difficult parts of their work. Identifying, attracting, and retaining top performers is a daunting challenge for anyone, let alone those working in markets and industries where talent is at a premium and companies compete ferociously to hire the best people.

In Who Is the New How: Strategies to Find, Recruit, and Create the Best Teams, a team of accomplished talent acquisition and retention experts delivers an eye-opening and practical discussion of how the world's best tech companies are able to regularly and quickly find the right people for the right roles. The authors also demonstrate how to reduce turnover by identifying candidates aligned with the company's mission and culture, assemble a high-performing team, and create meaningful experiences for their employees from onboarding until retirement.

The book includes real-world case studies grounded in stories of human achievement, many of which offer an inside look into some of the most famous brands coming out of Silicon Valley. You'll learn why phrases like, "Just get a butt in the seat," and metrics like "time-to-fill" have no place in an organization that seeks to get high performers into the positions where they can have the most impact.

An essential and exciting new take on one of the most critical components of enduring competitive advantage in any company, Who Is the New How will earn a place in the libraries of managers, executives, board members, and other business leaders, as well as human resources professionals, recruiters, and professionals involved in finding, attracting, and retaining specialized and executive talent.

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PRAISE FOR WHO is the new HOW

"We see tons of great new companies get started, and for the most successful ones, the difference is all about people. Building teams is what we do, alongside our founders, at Greylock. Who Is the New How lays the blueprint for how to attract and grow great teams that become amazing, enduring companies."
-- GLEN EVANS, Partner, Greylock

"Who Is the New How is full of insights about how the best teams are built. Over the past 20 years, I've seen firsthand how investing in the right people is the most important investment a company can make, so much so that recruiting great teams is a key part of how our new fund partners with companies."
-- DAN PORTILLO, Managing Director, The General Partnership

"At Elemy, our team and technology tackles mental health challenges. To unlock the power of a team on a mission, all the way throughout how we recruit to how we operate day to day, is critical for us. Who Is the New How shares insights, tactics, and stories that will help inspire the most ambitious teams."
-- YURY YAKUBCHYK, Founder and CEO, Elemy

"Founding a company is no easy feat. Team is everything. Having the right people in the right position has made all the difference for InVision as we've evolved into a technology brand known all over the world. This is a go-to book for anyone looking to build an innovative, growth-oriented company."
-- CLARK VALBERG, Founder and CEO, InVision