Bradford Smart completed his doctorate in Industrial Psychology at Purdue University, entered consulting, and since the 1970s has been in private practice as President of Smart & Associates, Inc., based in the Chicago area. Brad is frequently acknowledged to be the world's foremost expert on hiring. He has conducted in-depth interviews with over 6,500 executives. He is author of seven books and videos, including: "Topgrading: How Leading Companies Win by Hiring, Coaching, and Keeping the Best People" (the world's bestseller, of 1400 books on hiring, since 1999), "The Smart Interviewer," "Smart Parenting: How to Raise Happy, Can-Do Children" (co-author with Dr. Kate Smart Mursau, 2006 release), and "Selection Interviewing: A Management Psychologist's Recommended Approach." Brad Smart has helped companies topgrade by assessing and coaching teams, conducting Topgrading® workshops, and providing books, handbooks, and videos to help clients topgrade on their own. The resulting improvements in company performance have been featured on the cover of The Wall Street Journal and in many Fortune articles. Titles World-Class Best Practices in Hiring Top Talent How to Create Your A Team: World-Class Best Practices The Topgrading® Advantage: Improve Hiring and Promoting From 25% to 90% Topgrading®: How Companies Convert their Mix of A, B, C Players to 90% A Players Building a World-Class Sales Organization: The Topgrading® Success Formula Topics Business, Hiring, Human resource, Employee Retention, Management, Organizational Development, Performance Click topic above to see more speakers on that topic Speaker's Asking Fee Range $15,000 or more Click on fee range to see more speakers. This is the starting keynote fee range - other programs may be higher. State IL Click on state above to see more speakers from that state. Fees The fee range quoted means the speaker's fee starts somewhere within that range. Note that speaker's fees are subject to change and some speakers may have special fee quotes.