Topgrading, 3rd Edition : The Proven Hiring and Promoting Method That Turbocharges Company Performance

Topgrading, 3rd Edition : The Proven Hiring and Promoting Method That Turbocharges Company Performance
ISBN: 9781591845263
Publication Date: 16 August 2012

"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 r sum s), 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 r sum s 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 successful than any other process. And it works at every level, from the front lines to senior management.

For the first time in seven years, Smart has fully revised and updated Topgrading...