Topgrading
Subtitle: how leading companies win by hiring, coaching, and keeping the best players
By: Bradford D. Smart.
Edition: Rev. ed.
Publisher: Portfolio
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 562
Subjects: Industrial management.; Leadership.; Employees -- Recruiting.; Teams in the workplace -- Training of.; Mentoring in business.; Employee retention.
Description: Great companies don't just depend on strategies-they depend on people. The more great people on your team, the more successful your organization will be. But that's 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 Smart's advice in Topgrading have 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 managing A-level talent-as well as coaching B players to turn them into A players. He provides intriguing case studies drawn from more than four thousand in-depth interviews. -- Publisher description from (Oct. 5, 2011).
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.