Topgrading (Revised PHP Edition): How Leading Companies Win by Hiring, Coaching and Keeping the Best People » (REV)

Bradford D. Smart, Ph.D., is the president of Smart & Associates, Inc., based in the Chicago area. A well-known industrial psychologist and consultant with nearly thirty-five years in practice, he has worked with dozens of major companies, including General Electric, Bank of America, and John Deere.

A world-renowned industrial psychologist and consultant shares his proven strategy for hiring and developing top-notch employees, using case files pulled from more than 4,000 in-depth interviews to illustrate good corporate coaching techniques.

Soundview Executive Book Summaries

"Topgrading" is defined as achieving teams of almost all A players: those in the top 10 percent of talent available for the pay. In 1999, Brad Smart published the first edition of Topgrading to offer organizations the best techniques for hiring 90 percent A players, promoting 90 percent A players and having 90 percent A players in management. Now, Smart has updated his original book to include more success stories of companies that have been able to produce talented teams using his topgrading techniques. In this new edition of Topgrading, Smart explains how every organization can benefit. Copyright © 2005 Soundview Executive Book Summaries