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YouTube interview with Patrick Friel of Heidrick & Struggles, March, 2007

Training Employees to Succeed
CNNMoney.com video interview with Brad Smart, July 2008

Weeding out bad employees
CNNMoney.com video interview with Brad Smart, July, 2008

Hone your interviewing techniques
CNNMoney.com video interview with Brad Smart, June, 2008

Topgrading for Sales
Inc. Magazine, June, 2008

Interviewing to Get the Right People
Business Week, April, 2008

Get Your 'A' Players Here This cover article quotes Topgraders Lincoln and Hayes Lemmerz.
Workforce Management, March 3, 2008

Tough CEOs Often Most Successful, A Study Finds
The Wall Street Journal Online, November 19, 2007

Must-Reads for B-Schoolers Eyeing Careers on Wall Street
The Wall Street Journal Online, September 17, 2007

Find Your Hire Power
Small Business Review, June 19, 2007

Published Articles

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Why 75% of Managers Promoted Fail
Topgrading Tips [Volume 2 #3]

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

The Topgrading Approach to Succession Planning
SCI

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

High Cost of Mis-Hires
Paper360 Magazine January 2008

Fix Management Weakness First
Topgrading Tips [Volume 2 #11]

First Aid for Your Topgrading Interview
Topgrading Tips [Volume 2 #10]

Cut Phone Screen Time 80%
Topgrading Tips [Volume 2 #9]

Most Personality Tests are Shams
Topgrading Tips [Volume 2 #7]

How to Hire Smart
Fortune Small Business

Topgrading
Recruiter.com March 5, 2008

Topgrading in a Down Economy-a Good Time to Hire!
Topgrading Tips [Volume 3 #5]

How to Hire High Performing Maintenance Personnel
DOM Magazine September 2008

Global Hiring Studies-Bottom Line Results
Topgrading Tips [Volume 3 #4]

How to Avoid Mis-Hires
Topgrading Tips [Volume 2 #5]

How to Be A Happy A Player
Topgrading Tips [Volume 2 #4]

How A Players...Fail
Topgrading Tips [Volume 3 #3]

Reference Checks Threatened
Topgrading Tips [Volume 3 #2]

Cost of Mis-Hires Study Results
Topgrading Tips [Volume 3 #1]

Be Fair With Your C Players, or Else
Topgrading Tips [Volume 1 #1]

Build Your Virtual Bench of 40 A Players in 3 Months
Topgrading Tips [Volume 1 #2]

"Cheetah" CEOs Outperform "Lamb" CEOs
Topgrading Tips [Volume 4 #1]

How Do I find a Great Sales Manager?
Fortune Small Business September 2008

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