Jack Welch, CEO of General Electric from 1981-2001, passed away this week. He was a great leader and he left a huge impact on the business world. One of the things that made Jack such a strong leader was the hiring methods he used to pack his team, and the entire company, with A Players. …
Remembering Jack Welch: 4 of His Methods Can Work for You, Too Read More »
In the six years that Scott Clawson has been CEO of Culligan Water, the world leader in residential, commercial, and industrial water treatment, the company’s sales tripled from $450 million to $1.4 Billion. One of the changes that Clawson brought to the company, and a main contributing factor to this enormous success, was a new …
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Happy Thanksgiving! How’s this for an idea: if the Pilgrims had not been Topgraders, had they not elected an A Player leader who packed his team with A Players, tiny Plymouth Colony would have failed and the Dutch, French, or Spanish would have taken over the New World. America as we know it wouldn’t exist, …
Sorry, this is a proud dad blog but… my son’s consultancy, ghSMART, recently received top rankings by Forbes (ratings by CEOs) and by Vault (ratings by employees). ghSMART & Company was ranked #1 in the 2020 Vault study of Best Consulting Firms to Work For in the categories of client interaction, level of challenge, and …
Topgrading Case Study ghSMART Named Top Consultancy Read More »
Every leader, including you, wants to have a team of high performers, A Players. When leaders hear about Topgraders achieving 85% high performers they want to know how many As, Bs, and Cs they have. Analyses of each of their people can become very complex and confusing. What were their accountabilities? To what extent did …
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