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YouTube interview with Patrick Friel of Heidrick & Struggles, March, 2007

Weeding out bad employees
CNNMoney.com video interview with Brad Smart, July, 2008

Hone your interviewing techniques
CNNMoney.com video interview with Brad Smart, June, 2008

Topgrading for Sales
Inc. Magazine, June, 2008

Interviewing to Get the Right People
Business Week, April, 2008

Get Your 'A' Players Here This cover article quotes Topgraders Lincoln and Hayes Lemmerz.
Workforce Management, March 3, 2008

Tough CEOs Often Most Successful, A Study Finds
The Wall Street Journal Online, November 19, 2007

Must-Reads for B-Schoolers Eyeing Careers on Wall Street
The Wall Street Journal Online, September 17, 2007

Find Your Hire Power
Small Business Review, June 19, 2007

Published Articles

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Recruiter.com March 5, 2008

High Cost of Mis-Hires
Paper360 Magazine January 2008

Topgrading (one-page "How to Topgrade")
Leadership Excellence

The Topgrading Approach to Succession Planning
SCI

Wall Street Journal (front page story)
Wall Street Journal

Topgrading the Organization (first topgrading article - 1999)
Directors and Boards

Topgrading: Power Tool for Boosting Recruitment Sales
Recruiter.com

Looking to Hire the Very Best?
Fortune Magazine

The Truth Can Hurt-Get Used to It
Fortune Magazine

The Smart Way to Hire Superstars
Fortune Small Business

How to Hire Smart
Fortune Small Business

Topgrading Tips require the Adobe Reader.

How A Players Can Fail
Topgrading Tips March 2008

Reference Checks Threatened
Topgrading Tips February 2008

Wasted Hours on Mis-Hires Survey Results
Topgrading Tips January 2008

Be Fair With Your C Players, or Else
Topgrading Tips June 2006

Build Your Virtual Bench
Topgrading Tips September 2006

Why 75% of Managers Promoted Fail
Topgrading Tips January 2007

How to Be A Happy A Player
Topgrading Tips March 2007

How to Avoid Mis-Hires
Topgrading Tips April 2007

Most Tests are Shams
Topgrading Tips June 2007

Cut Phone Screen Time 80%
Topgrading Tips July 2007

First Aid for Your Topgrading Interview
Topgrading Tips September 2007

Fix Management Weakness First
Topgrading Tips November 2007

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