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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April 4, 2018 By geoffsmart Leave a Comment

5 Tips to Spot Candidates with the Right–and Wrong–Stuff

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Geoff: Congrats on the success of your new book! It’s the best career success book I’ve read in recent memory. (Carter just published The Right–and Wrong–Stuff: How Brilliant Careers Are Made. And Business Insider named it a top 17 business book for 2018).

Carter: Thanks! You know, I was thinking that some of the core messages of the book are relevant not only to career success, but to hiring success.

G: And hiring success is a big driver of career success, right?

C: Yes. Especially at senior leadership levels. So what advice would you have for our readers to be able to spot candidates during interviews who have the right stuff and avoid the ones with the wrong stuff?

G: Please tell us about each of your 5 negative archetypes, and I’ll offer advice how to spot them.

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Filed Under: Featured, Hiring

November 17, 2016 By geoffsmart Leave a Comment

Great CEOs Give Their Teams Freedom to Choose

Great CEOs Give Their Teams Freedom to Choose

Something surprised me the other day. It was the reason a colleague, who had left to work for a big company (sniff!), returned to ghSMART. She had left a couple of years ago to become a senior executive at a top-tier fashion brand. Sounded like a dream job at the time. But within 2 years, she returned to our firm. I was happy she came back; but what was a mystery to me was why she decided to come back. She sat down next to me at our firm’s annual Summit. [Continue »]

Filed Under: Career Success, Hiring, Leadership, Talented Teams

September 8, 2016 By geoffsmart Leave a Comment

How to Hire Team Players

How To Hire Team Players

Geoff:  Pat, your new book The Ideal Team Player is crushing.  Congrats on its success!

Pat: Thank you.  I’m grateful that so many managers and leaders find it helpful.

Geoff: As a fellow business book author, I’m impressed that a fable format works so well with a business audience.  Why do you think the fable format has been so successful for you? [Continue »]

Filed Under: Career Success, Hiring, Talented Teams

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