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Zusatztext “Stated simply! the best talent wins and Topgrading helps identify and hire the best talent. This is true for internal promotions and external hires.” —KEN CAMP! CEO! Hillenbrand “The Topgrading interview process is one of the best tools in our arsenal for getting an in-depth understanding of high-potential managers. It probably improved our success promoting high-potential managers from maybe 50% to over 80%.” —BILL CONATY! former Senior Vice President of Human Resources! General Electric “The most valuable management skill a person can have is the ability to produce high-talent teams. Nothing else even comes close. That’s why Brad Smart’s Topgrading approach should be a top priority process in your organization.” —PRICE PRITCHETT! Ph.D.! Chairman and CEO! PRITCHETT LP “Topgrading is the best practice I know of for hiring and promoting people who turn out to be A Players. In a not-for-profit! that can translate into raising more money to educate the public! and that can save lives . . . Having the best talent at every salary level is crucial.” —CASS WHEELER! former CEO! American Heart Association “Turnover came down! and sales and profits skyrocketed. With 98% hiring success due to Topgrading! the business took off.” —JACK HARRINGTON! then CEO! Virtual Technology! now CEO! Thales Raytheon Systems “When I look back at the dramatic success of our company! I can clearly point to the implementation of Topgrading as the pivotal moment that made our success possible. I implore every business owner to make Topgrading mandatory. A Topgraded team is the ultimate secret weapon to crush the competition.” —RICHARD ROSSI! Co-Founder! EnvisionEMI “We’ve Topgraded the entire company and our sales and profits have soared.” —ORRIN KLOPPER! CEO! Netsurit Informationen zum Autor BRADFORD D. SMART, PH.D. , is the president of Smart & Associates, Inc., a group of professionals who assess candidates for executive positions and train managers to implement Topgrading. A well-known industrial psychologist and consultant, he has personally helped hundreds of companies of all sizes dramatically improve their talent. His other books include Topgrading for Sales . Brad lives in a suburb of Chicago. Visit www.Topgrading.com Klappentext "BRAD HELPED US DEVELOP THE TOOLS TO PICK A-PLAYER LEADERS AT GE." -JACK WELCH Great companies, large and small, rise or fall because of their talent; the more high performers on your team, the more successful your organization will be. Of course, that's easier said than done. Research shows that only about 25% of all new hires turn out to be high performers. But companies that have used Brad Smart's Topgrading system over the past two decades have boosted their hiring success rates dramatically-sometimes even to 90%. Three huge problems account for the typical poor results in hiring: dishonesty (via deceptive résumés), incomplete information (via shallow interviews), and lack of verifiability (via biased references). Topgrading shows how to solve all three problems. Instead of hiring by your gut reactions to résumés and interviews, you can start using a scientifically honed process that compels candidates to be totally honest. Smart, one of the world's foremost experts on hiring, has personally helped hundreds of companies double, triple, or even quadruple their hiring success rates. His clients have ranged from global giants such as General Electric and Honeywell to midsize and small businesses in every field imaginable, and to not-for-profits such as the American Heart Association. And hundreds of thousands of readers have applied the lessons and tools of the first two editions of Topgrading. The Topgrading system makes hiring easier, faster, and more succes...
