Find Me a Rockstar: How Top Companies Win the Talent War

Find Me a Rockstar: How Top Companies Win the Talent War

Your hiring decisions are either compounding enterprise value—or quietly eroding it. In Find Me a Rockstar , Rita Baroody—CEO of Selective Insight and trusted talent strategist to high-growth leaders—reveals a proven framework for attracting, evaluating, and securing the high-performing talent that drives transformational growth. Whether you're a CEO, founder, private equity leader, or hiring manager, this book gives you the clarity and tools to build teams that outperform, scale faster, and elevate your entire organization. Drawing from years of placing high-performing professionals into high-growth companies, Rita shows you why top performers say yes, why they walk away, and how leaders unintentionally sabotage their credibility during the hiring process. Through Rita's signature Build–Engage–Close™ Framework , you will learn how to: Identify the traits that define high performers - Craft a talent strategy that consistently attracts excellence - Communicate opportunities in ways that resonate with top talent - Create urgency and momentum to avoid losing great candidates - Eliminate hidden hiring mistakes that quietly cost companies millions Packed with real-world insights, internal recruiting secrets, and practical leadership tools, Find Me a Rockstar gives you the blueprint for building a culture of high performance—one hire at a time. If you are serious about scaling your company, increasing enterprise value, and building a team of Rockstars who accelerate growth, this book will show you exactly how to attract and secure the people who will transform everything.