New Book

Lost
Talent

Behind the Curtain
of Talent Acquisition

by Geetesh Goyal

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Genre Business & Leadership
For CEOs & HR Leaders
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About the Book

Lost Talent isn't an HR playbook—it's a wake-up call.

A practical guide for companies ready to stop wasting potential and start building teams that actually perform.

Geetesh draws from real experience—building, hiring, and learning the hard way—to show what works (and what quietly breaks a business). His core idea is simple: talent isn't a function. It's the foundation.

This book challenges you to rethink hiring—not as filling roles, but as building a team that pushes each other forward.

If you're a CEO it will challenge your approach.
If you're in Talent Acquisition it will sharpen it.

Because in the end, businesses aren't built by plans—they're built by people.

“Talent isn't a function. It's the foundation.” — Geetesh Goyal, Lost Talent
What's Inside

Ideas that change
how you hire.

Four core frameworks drawn from two decades of building and breaking teams across America's fastest-growing companies.

01

Why Great People Leave

The real reasons talent walks out the door — and why most leaders never see it coming.

02

The Hiring Illusion

How traditional hiring filters out the best candidates and what to do differently.

03

Teams That Stay

Frameworks and mindsets that build cultures where exceptional people choose to thrive.

04

The Cost of Settling

What it actually costs when you compromise — in dollars, momentum, and mission.

Geetesh Goyal
About the Author

Geetesh Goyal

Chairman & CEO, Human Bees • Founder, Sommras Wines

Geetesh Goyal has spent over two decades at the intersection of business and human potential. As the founder and CEO of Human Bees — ranked #1 on the Inc. 5000 with 22,000%+ growth — he has placed everyone from seasonal farm workers to contract CEOs.

He has held senior roles at Abbott, Johnson & Johnson, IBM, and Boston Scientific, and holds a B.S. in Biochemistry from UC Davis and a certification in Organizational Leadership from Stanford.

Lost Talent is his first book — and it's everything the industry refuses to say out loud.

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