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HIRING HEADACHES FIGURE 1 THE TOPGRADING SNAPSHOT DR. BRAD SMART, AUTHOR, PRESIDENT & CEO OFTOPGRADING, INC. Dr. Brad smart is an internationally renowned management psychologist and is generally regarded as the world’s leading expert on hiring best practices. He has written 5 books on hiring including the New York Times/Wall Street Journal best seller Topgrading: 3rd Edition. Topgrading methods have enabled hundreds of small companies and leading companies such as General Electric, Barclays, American Heart Association, and Barclays to more than triple their success hiring high performers. FALL 2016 | 23