The key to building a superior company, an increasing number of observers now agree, is ... more
the ongoing ability to recruit and retain superior personnel. InTopgrading, industrial psychologist and global consultant Bradford Smart expands upon this idea by...
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The key to building a superior company, an increasing number of observers now agree, is ... more
the ongoing ability to recruit and retain superior personnel. In Topgrading, industrial psychologist and global consultant Bradford Smart expands upon this idea b...
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Advantages: Easy to read. Agreeable and persuasive. Unsensational - real applicable advice. Appropriate length (268 Pages) Disadvantages: Old references - however these are just as relevant today as they ever were.
I bought this book from Amazon simply because I stumbled across it while looking for a good self-improvement book to read over the holidays.
The title rang a bell, and with 14m copies sold. I figured why not make my first personal development book one that many others have appreciated over the years. This book was first published well over a half decade ago. For it to be still being printed now really must've meant something because the cheesey 'novelty' self improvement books written by morning TV psychologists etc seem to dissapear off the shelves very quick after their first run.
How does it read?
The author of How to Win Friends and Influence People really does speak with authority. A very persuasive authority. He speaks with wisdom and rather than making sensational brash claims himself, he uses the words ...
Advantages: Enjoyable story with great characters Disadvantages: Slow start
Fran doesn't think he would do that. She must now try and resolve both cases as no one else seems remotely interested in them. But where will it lead her. And what is the truth?
My thoughts on the book:
This was a very satisfying and highly enjoyable crime novel. As I said I originally read this book a few years ago and at times I remembered various parts of it, but it did not spoil the plot for me. It was well written throughout, with an exciting story and great conclusion to it.
I have read several of Ann Granger's novels in the past and enjoyed them all. Her writing in clear, descriptive and easy for follow her thought pattern. The Fran Varady series really appeal to me as Fran is such a down to earth character. She doesn't have money and what she does have she is generous with as she is with her belief in helping out people ...
Advantages: Ratings help the consumer Disadvantages: Abuse of the system detrimental to the good of the site
So how many of you have read the ratings guidelines on Ciao ?? Everyone ?? Well you could have fooled me!!
Recent events have compelled me to write this review and I sincerely hope that you will all read to the very bitter end, by read I mean READ and not SKIM. Then I would welcome any constructive comments to accompany your sensible and fair rates, for that is what this is all about ...Reading and Rating fairly and in accordance with the guidelines.
To those of you who have already checked out the guidelines I apologise, to those of you who haven't then that is my first piece of advice. You can find the guidelines under the Member section of Ciao and I offer to you my own personal version as detailed below :
1) READ DON'T SKIM
Please, please read the whole review. Sadly too many people skim through without actually reading ...
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Product details
EAN
9781591840817
Type
Non-Fiction
Genre
Business & Finance
Title
Topgrading: How Leading Companies Win by Hiring, Coaching and Keeping the Best People
Author
Bradford D. Smart
Release Date
26-Sep-12
ISBN
1591840813
Manufacturer's product description
This title provides a proven method for building dream teams at work - finding and keeping the best talent in every slot. 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 mis-hire: 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.
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