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Think of your career and all the people you’ve mis-hired because they had hyped their resume and faked their interviews. If all candidates had told you the whole truth, you know that costly mis-hires would have been avoided. Fortunately, the Topgrading “truth serum” is close to a “magic bullet.” The simplest, most powerful Topgrading tool […]
Read MoreYou can avoid costly mis-hires by alerting candidates that they must arrange reference calls with former managers…and as a final step in hiring, ask them to arrange those calls and then make those calls. As the founder of Topgrading, I have used this powerful “truth serum” to motivate almost 7,000 candidates I’ve interviewed to tell […]
Read MoreBrad Smart helped create talent processes at General Electric when it was the most respected company in the world. CEO Jack Welch drove talent to amazing heights and has written books about his methods, but he never revealed one of his “secret weapons” that helped propel his success. Now you can learn it and begin […]
Read MoreI’ve never seen so many sharp people, A Players in their careers, unemployed. Since 2008, as you well know, terrific companies have chopped head count (and they still are doing it), and a lot of smaller companies – the ones that create most jobs – have scaled back or gone out of business. A Players […]
Read MoreAfter reviewing the thousands of case studies I’ve compiled during my Topgrading tenure, I’ve found that when coaching managers, my single most common recommendation — other than to become a Topgrader — is to use active listening a lot more. Are you regarded by your team as even one of the following — a mediocre […]
Read MoreFor over 40 years, more than two dozen Topgrading professionals and thousands of managers trained in Topgrading have scrutinized up to 50 competencies for high-level jobs – and approximately 10 competencies for entry jobs. For professional positions (sales representative, engineer, etc.) and EVERY managerial position, the most important competency is RESOURCEFULNESS. ALL high performers are […]
Read MoreEvery person in business will find this transcript of interest because of over a thousand cancer treatment facilities in the United States, CTCA is #1 in patient satisfaction, with 96% approval. CTCA is the perfect example of a company truly putting its customers first AND Topgrading so that their customers are served by all…you know…A […]
Read MoreSummary: If you had a 100% foolproof method of hiring, it could fail miserably if you did not have enough candidates to pick from. Topgrading IS the most proven and effective hiring method BUT … unless you have at least 30 and preferably 50 candidates to choose from, even Topgrading will probably not produce an […]
Read MoreJust about every book on how to get a job says that interviewers are so bad at interviewing (that’s generally true) that to get a job offer, interviewees must take control of the interview to tell interviewers how good they are. And the books advise candidates to prepare self-promoting sound bites. Those books advise that, […]
Read MoreBRAD’S STRANGEST INTERVIEWS: A TOPGRADING INTERVIEW DERAILS A RUN FOR PRESIDENT Want to listen to this? As you will soon understand, all names have been changed. A charismatic CEO asked me to help him turn a company around and his 5-year goal was to run for, and become, President of the United States. I was […]
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