Dr. Geoff Smart

Geoff Smart is the #1 thought leader on the #1 topic in business. He is the Chairman & Founder of ghSMART, a leadership consulting firm, and his purpose is to help leaders amplify their positive impact on the world.

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Who: The A Method for Hiring; In the Press

The Source of Great Returns

By David Toll

Who: The A Method for Hiring is a good source to understand how to inspire corporate portfolio performance.

Buyouts

Q & A With Geoff Smart and Randy Street, ghSMART

By Jennifer Rossa

Geoff Smart and Randy Street answer questions about Who: The A Method for Hiring.

Dow Jones Private Equity Analyst

How to Hire the Best Talent

By Emily Thornton

Geoff Smart, CEO of management assessment firm ghSMART, discusses Who: The A Method for Hiring, about four important steps employers should take.

Businessweek.com

Another Travesty

By Tom Peters

If “health care” is a dangerous oxymoron, it is matched, if in a less deadly fashion, by “rigorous interview” in the all-important world of hiring. Mssrs. Smart and Street are said to rip, tear, shred, spindle, mutilate, thrash, and trash the typical prospective employee evaluation process for its shallowness.

Dispatches from the New World of Work

Who You Hire Can Cost You – New Book On the Perils

By Gloria McDonough-Taub

Geoff Smart and Randy Street the authors of “WHO” say the average employment mistake costs a company $1.5 million or more a year and countless wasted hours.

CNBC.com – October

The Hard Work of Getting Ahead

By Philip Delves Broughton

Geoff Smart and Randy Street run a firm that helps companies to assess people before they hire or promote them. “Who is your number-one problem. Not what.

The Wall Street Journal

Finding the Who

By Clint Greenleaf

I just finished reading an advance copy of the book Who by Geoff Smart and Randy Street, which was officially released today. Wow, it’s good. Really good.

Inc.com

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