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Winning The War for Talent

How to Attract and Keep the People Who Make Your Business Profitable
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Winning The War for Talent by Mandy Johnson explores effective strategies for attracting, developing, and retaining top talent in the workplace. The book provides insights into understanding employee motivations, enhancing company culture, and creating a productive environment that appeals to skilled professionals. It's an essential read for business leaders looking to gain a competitive edge in today's dynamic job market.
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You might enjoy this book if you're interested in understanding and implementing effective strategies to attract and retain top talent in your organisation. It's ideal for business leaders, HR professionals, and entrepreneurs looking for practical solutions and insightful advice to enhance their team's performance and company culture.

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A new system of people practices that produce extraordinary business results Hiring and retaining great people is the key to profitable growth, but it is the number one issue keeping leaders and managers awake at night.

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A new system of people practices that produce extraordinary business results.

Hiring and retaining great people is the key to profitable growth, but it is the number one issue keeping leaders and managers awake at night. Winning the War for Talent addresses this issue with an unconventional "how-to" guide of innovative techniques to source and retain skilled staff.

This book shows you how to do away with old-fashioned, destructive, and subjective practices that have spread like a pandemic through the HR industry. It also outlines why effective sourcing of talent is now vital to business success. You will be shown proven, scientific solutions that are rarely used and never mentioned in existing business books and seminars, and much, much more.

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  • A complete step-by-step system with checklists, KPIs, and templates that organisations of any size or type can easily follow and implement.
  • Proven strategies and secret weapons that won't cost you a cent, highlighted in case studies from a diverse range of businesses.
  • Written by bestselling author Mandy Johnson, the youngest ever director of Flight Centre, Australia’s leading travel agent.

For business owners and organisational leaders, Winning the War for Talent is your must-have companion to effective recruitment, staff retention, and increasing business success.

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Winning the War for Talent by Mandy Johnson is praised for its pragmatic approach to modern hiring challenges. Reviewers commend the author for providing practical strategies to attract and retain skilled employees in today's competitive market. The book is noted for its engaging writing style and useful case studies that apply to both large businesses and small start-ups.

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Book Details

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ISBN: 9780730311553

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Australia Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 28 March 2014

Country: Australia

Imprint: John Wiley & Sons Australia Ltd

Audience: General / adult, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 18.0mm

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 231.0mm

Weight: 293g

Pages: 224

About the Author

Mandy Johnson is a best-selling business author, an HR consultant and a passionate campaigner for hiring innovations. As a former UK Director and Australian HR Leader of global travel retailer, Flight Centre, she has interviewed over a thousand people and the awful gut-wrenching mistakes she made, and a few good calls too, gave her vital information on successful HR techniques. Mandy has been interviewed on her effective strategies in The Australian Financial Review , HR Magazine , the German Eins Magazine and on 2UE, 5AA, 4BC and ABC Radio's Conversation Hour and Jon Faine Morning Programme , and her Winning The War For Talent seminar was Bond University's most popular Executive Education program of its year. Mandy now juggles writing and consulting, and in her spare time speaks at conferences and runs recruitment master classes to debunk hiring myths and teach people successful strategies to achieve their business goals. You can also find Mandy online at: www.therecruitmentrevolution.co www.facebook.com/familyvillagetribe www.linkedin.com/pub/mandy-johnson

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