Topgrading How Leading Companies Win by Hiring, Coaching and Keeping the Best People

Name: Topgrading How Leading Companies Win by Hiring, Coaching and Keeping the Best People
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ISBN: 9781591840817

ISBN-10: 1591840813

ISBN-13: 9781591840817

Edition: 2005 (Revised)

Authors: Bradford D. Smart

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Great companies dont just depend on strategiesthey depend on people. The more great people on your team, the more successful your organization will be. But thats easier said than done. Statistically, half of all employment decisions result in a mishire: The wrong person winds up in the wrong job. But companies that have followed Bradford Smarts advice in Topgradinghave boosted their successful hiring rate to 90 percent or better, giving them an unbeatable competitive advantage. Now Smart has fully revised his 1999 management classic to reintroduce the topgrading concept, which works for companies large and small in any industry. The author spells out his practical approach to finding and…

Book details

List price: $32.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 4/7/2005
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 592
Size: 6.34" wide x 9.80" long x 1.69" tall
Weight: 1.848
Language: English



Preface : what's new in topgrading


Introduction : talent wins



Topgrading : every manager's top priority



The financial and career costs of not topgrading



Hiring and promoting talent : the topgrading platinum standard



Redeploying chronic B and C players : a moral approach



Topgrading case studies : A players, no excuses



Obstacles to topgrading, and how A players overcome them : a review of major topgrading principles in part one



Becoming an A player : having your cake and eating it too



Fixing weaknesses in each of fifty competencies : the straightest path to success



Coaching 101 : the topgrading-based model



Case studies : coaching to fix weaknesses



Your most powerful tool : the topgrading interview guide



Avoiding legal problems : a "bulletproof" approach to safe hiring, managing, and firing practices


Epilogue : topgrading in the future



Topgrading interview guide



Self-administered topgrading interviewing guide



Career history form



In-depth reference check guide



Candidate assessment scorecard



Interviewer feedback form



Sample competencies - management



Sample individual development plan



Cost of mis-hires form



Topgraders - contact information for consulting and licensing forms