Bradford D. Smart

Bradford D. Smart

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birth_date = 1944
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occupation = Management consultant and writer
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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.

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.

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, although this is not true. Smart & Associates was started in Pennsylvania in the Mid/Late 80s by a man named Jim Smart. [http://www.smartgrp.com SMART official website]

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.

External links

* [http://www.SmartTopgrading.com/ Official website]


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