Bradford D. Smart
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| Bradford D. “Brad” Smart | |
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| Born | 1944 Hartford, Connecticut, United States |
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| Occupation | Management consultant and writer |
Bradford D. “Brad” Smart is an author, lecturer, and business consultant on the subject of Topgrading – recruiting, hiring, coaching, promoting, and managing high performers.
With son Geoff, Brad created Topgrading, an assessment methodology using unusually thorough chronological interviews and other best practices.
[edit] Books
- 2006: Smart Parenting: How to Raise Happy, Can-Do Kids by Bradford D. Smart and Kate Smart Mursau (CDK Press, 2006) ISBN 0-9777044-0-8.
- 2005: Topgrading: How Leading Companies Win by Hiring, Coaching, and Keeping the Best People by Bradford D. Smart (Hardcover, Portfolio Penguin) ISBN 1-59184-081-3.
- 2005: Topgrading: How to Hire, Coach and Keep A Players by Bradford D. Smart and Geoff Smart (Paperback, Pritchett, 2005) ISBN 0-944002-34-X.
- 1999: Topgrading: How Leading Companies Win by Hiring, Coaching, and Keeping the Best People by Bradford D. Smart (Hardcover, Penguin Putnam) ISBN 0-7352-0049-1.
- 1989: The Smart Interviewer: Tools and Techniques for Hiring the Best by Bradford D. Smart (Hardcover, Wiley) ISBN 0471513326.
[edit] Background
Brad was born in Hartford Connecticut in 1944, and graduated from Miami (Ohio) University (BA Psychology) and Purdue University (MS, Ph.D. Industrial Psychology.)
In 1971 Brad started Smart & Associates, Inc., a consultancy based in the Chicago area.
He and his wife Mary have a son Geoff (CEO of ghSMART, a major Topgrading assessment, coaching, and training company) and a daughter Kate (a family therapist) and five grandchildren.
