Press & Articles

Internet Articles

5 Things You Can Do To Improve Hiring (Part 1)
American Workforce

Topgrading for Sales - 2 minute video
YouTube

Search World Embraces Topgrading
YouTube interview with Patrick Friel of Heidrick & Struggles

Training Employees to Succeed
CNNMoney.com video interview with Brad Smart

Weeding Out Bad employees
CNNMoney.com video interview with Brad Smart

Hone Your Interviewing Techniques
CNNMoney.com video interview with Brad Smart

Topgrading for Sales
Inc. Magazine

Interviewing to Get the Right People
Business Week

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

Must-Reads for B-Schoolers Eyeing Careers on Wall Street
The Wall Street Journal Online

Find Your Hire Power
Small Business Review

Published Articles

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High Cost of Mis-Hires
Paper 360

The Smart Way to Hire Superstars
Fortune Small Business

The Truth Can Hurt-Get Used to It
Fortune Magazine

Looking to Hire the Very Best?
Fortune Magazine

Topgrading: Power Tool for Boosting Recruitment Sales
Recruiter.com

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

Wall Street Journal (front page story)
Wall Street Journal

How to Hire Smart
Fortune Small Business

Get Your "A" Players Here
This cover article quotes Topgraders Lincoln and Hayes Lemmerz.
Workforce Management

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

Topgrading
Recruiter.com

How Do I find a Great Sales Manager?
Fortune Small Business

How to Hire High Performing Maintenance Personnel
DOM Magazine

The Topgrading Approach to Succession Planning
SCI

Radio Interviews

The following Radio Interviews require the Adobe Reader.

Brad Smart - Mark Deo Interview
February 27, 2009

Brad Smart - Steve Mullen Startup Bizcast Interview
February 17, 2009

Brad Smart - Steve Lubetkin NAPL Interview
January 2007

Topgrading Tips Archive

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Truth Serum for Hiring
Topgrading Tips (Vol 4, No. 8)

Fire Your C Players Now!
Topgrading Tips (Vol 4, No. 7)

Announcing the Topgrading Quick Start Program
Topgrading Tips (Vol 4, No. 6)

Topgrading Saves $60,000/Hour
Topgrading Tips (Vol 4, No.5)

Americans Are Unethical in Getting Jobs
Topgrading Tips (Vol 4, No. 4)

The Best Ways to Measure Talent
Topgrading Tips (Vol 4, No. 3)

Topgrading Timeline
Topgrading Tips (Vol 4, No. 2)

"Cheetah" CEOs Outperform "Lamb" CEOs
Topgrading Tips (Vol 4, No.1)

Topgrading in a Down Economy-a Good Time to Hire!
Topgrading Tips (Vol 3, No.5)

Global Hiring Studies-Bottom Line Results
Topgrading Tips (Vol 3, No.4)

How A Players...Fail
Topgrading Tips (Vol 3, No.3)

Reference Checks Threatened
Topgrading Tips (Vol 3, No.2)

Cost of Mis-Hires Study Results
Topgrading Tips (Vol 3, No.1)

Fix Management Weakness First
Topgrading Tips (Vol 2, No.11)

First Aid for Your Topgrading Interview
Topgrading Tips (Vol 2, No.10)

Cut Phone Screen Time 80%
Topgrading Tips (Vol 2, No.9)

Most Personality Tests are Shams
Topgrading Tips (Vol 2, No.7)

How to Avoid Mis-Hires
Topgrading Tips (Vol 2, No.5)

How to Be A Happy A Player
Topgrading Tips (Vol 2, No.4)

Why 75% of Managers Promoted Fail
Topgrading Tips (Vol 2, No.3)

Why A Player Human Resources Managers Love Topgrading
Topgrading Tips (Vol 1, No.3)

Build Your Virtual Bench of 40 A Players in 3 Months
Topgrading Tips (Vol 1, No.2)

Be Fair With Your C Players, or Else
Topgrading Tips (Vol 1, No.1)