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Talent Magnet: How to Attract and Keep the Best People

By: Mark Miller
Narrated by: Joe Bronzi
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There is a long-standing truth in the world of organizations: Talent wins! But how do you attract the best people? What do they really want? Based on his rigorous and extensive research, Mark Miller learned that top performers are looking for very different things than solid contributors.

In Talent Magnet, Miller uses a clever and entertaining business fable to share these findings. He tells the parallel stories of Blake Brown, a CEO struggling with winning the war for talent, and Blake's 16-year-old son, Clint, who is trying to get his first job so he can raise money to buy a well for a village in Africa.

Blake reaches out to leaders in other industries and works with his team to solve the puzzle of making his organization a destination for exceptional performers. But he also learns from his son. Listening to Clint and his friends compare notes on the companies they've worked for that summer, ranging from the awful to the inspirational, Blake realizes they want the same three things out of a job as any top performer in a Fortune 500 company.

Miller identifies these three critical aspects of a true talent magnet and explores the deeper meaning of each. He pulls back the curtain on what leaders can do to find and retain the very best people - a strategic need every leader faces.

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Quick Read • Simple Formula • Engaging Narration • Good Storyline • Meaningful Stories • Immersive Storytelling
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Story format tends to be easy to illustrate points but I found this to get old since the narrator was performing all the voices w/o much distinction.

Quick book with good content.

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This book really gives good information about hiring and retaining talent. The changing of voices during narration is a little bothersome but not enough to stop listening

Good info. Reading is a little irritating

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Love this book, but more than the reading part doing the things it suggests is gonna get me super excited :-)

Reading and doing

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How did the narrator detract from the book?

The narrator needs to seek another line of work! His corny accents and voice characterization actually detracts from the story and the message. One has to consciously get past his lousy effort to get the value of the book.

Great book - poor narration

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The author uses two parallel stories to drive home suggestions on what top talent is seeking.

Great use of story

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great book but I could have done without the different voices used to read it. found it distracting when the person read it would change his voice for each character

great story funny voices

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I had to Download it for my job. I must say I really enjoyed the voice of reader he really got in it the story. by changing his voice for the kids and females. lovit

lov it

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If you are looking for how to attract top talent this book provides the formula, however, implementation will be what makes the actual impact in your business. I thought the talent magnet formula and simple of what top talent wants were excellent. The overall flow of the book was great and the story made it a quick read.

There were a few missing pieces in the audio book: 1. A pdf to show the images on page 126 and 128 in the hard cover edition. 2. To have included the about the research. 3. To have included about the author.

I would have liked to have seen an additional chapter that provided more detail on the actual research data (maybe in your next addition or a follow-up to this book?). I thought the narrator’s various voices for the characters were lacking and sometimes sounded childish.

Simple formula for attracting top talent

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This book totally nails the point of top talent search. Its so good I am buying a copy for every leader on my team!

What I have been looking for!

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As the fifth book in the series, Talent Magnet dives into what makes organizations attractive to top talent. Miller identifies three essential qualities employees seek: leaders who care, opportunities for growth, and meaningful work. His advice encouraged me to reflect on my team’s environment and make changes that improved both engagement and retention. If you’re looking to build an organization that attracts and keeps exceptional people, this book offers practical strategies to make it happen. Absolutely WORTH it.

Absolutely WORTH it!

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