The RIGHT Talent Wins: The 4 "Must-Do's" To Find, Hire & Engage Your A-Team in 2022

STEP 1: Watch the webinar and be ready to learn from the best, we had an incredible session with Chris Mursau! Here's the replay so you don't miss out.

STEP 2: You may have some questions right now, book a FREE 30-minute call here with one of our growth strategists and explore how Topgrading can be implemented in your business.

STEP 3: Download the Topgrading Master Business Course outline here and read all the valuable content you can learn and apply in this program. 

P.S. Scroll down to get to know all the benefits you can get with Topgrading!

Better Candidates

Eliminate inefficiencies by reducing screening time and improving the quality of your talent pool

Great Hires

Get the secrets for identifying top-performing candidates who also fit your company culture

Superior Performance

Feel confident you'll see an ROI on your hiring investment.

Companies Already  Building Their Dream Teams With Topgrading:

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Get on the Path to Peak Team and Company Performance

In just 7 weeks!

The fact is: your organization is only as strong as its people. Mis-hires cost you millions (that’s not an exaggeration) in dollars and wasted hours. If you want to start scaling up rapidly and without drama, you need every person on your team to be a high-performer — not only your leadership and management.

Dr. Brad Smart and his team of master practitioners have come back together with Growth Institute to completely update and remaster your Topgrading Master Business Course experience - addressing the biggest hiring and engagement challenges of TODAY!

You will learn every facet of the proven and timeless Topgrading methodology — regarded as the most effective hiring method on the planet — while digging in on the most pressing talent questions of 2022 in your 7 LIVE coaching sessions.

This Togpgrading Master Business Course has been painstakingly redesigned to help you make all the right decisions in your search for the best people for the key roles (at every level) in your organization.

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Want to know what each major section of Topgrading focuses on? Get a sneak peek.

So what's changed?

When it comes to hiring ... nothing.

You still need to find, attract, hire and retain great people.

Which is why you need this effective framework that is proven to 3x your chances of finding your ideal A-Players every time.

Topgrading has been a trusted partner to CEOs and Human Resources executives for more than 40 years.

At the same time...everything has changed.

The rules to finding, attracting, hiring, and retaining great people are evolving quickly and it is hard to know if you're really getting the RIGHT people in the door.

Which is why our Topgrading Master Business Course has gotten an upgrade!

And over the next 7 weeks, you will be taken through a process of coaching, revision, and implementation that will help you craft and deploy a role-design and recruitment process that will work for you in 2022.

All of it with the guidance of an all-star team of Topgrading Master Practitioners, including Dr. Brad Smart himself.

Ready for a deeper look?

What You'll Accomplish In 7 Weeks Of The Topgrading Program 

Imagine using a proven strategy that teaches you to...
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find your ideal talent pool and find top performers that fit with your culture
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measure your hiring and promoting success
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coach your new hire
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builds a positive and engaging work environment for your employees
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quickly gets you on the road to running a rapidly growing and highly successful company.
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BONUS: find the right compensation packages for your A-team with a brand new learning suite from Verne Harnish

 

Discover exactly what you need to do to unlock incredible growth by Topgrading your entire team!

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The Power of the Growth Institute Community

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You already know that it takes more than a book or a few tools to scale your business

You also need to apply the information to your industry and your specific challenges. That’s why we created the 360 Hybrid Learning Model and built it into this course experience. It’s the most comprehensive, immersive program available for executives and business leaders who want to apply Topgrading principles to their companies.

There are four elements that are essential to move from incremental growth (or no growth at all) to scaling: a proven framework, insight from industry leaders, peer support, and professional mentoring.

This course comes with the whole package!

 

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Who Is Topgrading For?

This in-depth learning and implementation experience is for team leaders, CEOs, and hiring managers who are dead serious about:
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Developing an excellent hiring strategy that consistently delivers a 90% success rate for finding, hiring, and retaining Higher Performers
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Core VALUES and purpose are alive in the organization.
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Healthy communication RHYTHMS.
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ACCOUNTABILITY and goals are met.
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PRIORITIES and KPIs.
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The company plans and PERFORMANCE is transparent.
 

There are three options to get yourself (and your team) enrolled in Topgrading

Option comes with
Access to the full course
Continued access to the course and all materials
7 core modules
7 live coaching calls
A global community of peers
Bonus 1
FREE Scaling Up Compensation micro-training to help you design the perfect comp plan for your org
Bonus 2 (limited to first 10 teams)
Free 30-minute one-on-one coaching call to measure your progress, and challenges, and set up a focus plan for you and your team!
Bonus 3
2 months of access to Topgrading online solutions like Career History Form, Candidate Snapshots, or Competency Assessment. TOLS 3.0 helps you screen candidates and detect Top Performers more efficiently and accurately than ever before.
Access to the full library of Growth Institute courses and micro-trainings
Tailored curriculum, assessments, and growth paths for your whole team
Monthly & quarterly progress reporting and check-ins with a growth specialist
Exclusive access to live training with expert coaches, thought leaders, and authors
 
Single Seat
$2,400
1 User Access to the full course
1 Year Continued access to the course and all materials
7 core modules
7 live coaching calls
A global community of peers
Bonus 1
Bonus 2 (limited to first 10 teams)
Bonus 3
Access to the full library of Growth Institute courses and micro-trainings
Tailored curriculum, assessments, and growth paths for your whole team
Monthly & quarterly progress reporting and check-ins with a growth specialist
Exclusive access to live training with expert coaches, thought leaders, and authors
Enroll
Team Package
$5,490
3 users Access to the full course
1 Year Continued access to the course and all materials
7 core modules
7 live coaching calls
A global community of peers
Bonus 1
Bonus 2 (limited to first 10 teams)
Bonus 3
Access to the full library of Growth Institute courses and micro-trainings
Tailored curriculum, assessments, and growth paths for your whole team
Monthly & quarterly progress reporting and check-ins with a growth specialist
Exclusive access to live training with expert coaches, thought leaders, and authors
Enroll
MBD All-Access
$6,000
5 users Access to the full course
Lifetime Continued access to the course and all materials
7 core modules
7 live coaching calls
A global community of peers
Bonus 1
Bonus 2 (limited to first 10 teams)
Bonus 3
Access to the full library of Growth Institute courses and micro-trainings
Tailored curriculum, assessments, and growth paths for your whole team
Monthly & quarterly progress reporting and check-ins with a growth specialist
Exclusive access to live training with expert coaches, thought leaders, and authors
Enroll
 

Not sure which option to choose?

Let us help!

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Book a Call With Our Experts

Talk to a growth strategist to explore this course, get all your questions answered, and choose the right package for you

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Create Your Success Blueprint

Jump in (risk-free)and begin your course experience with full access to all videos, live sessions with an expert coach, and a community of your peers at your back!

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Scale Impact & Reduce Drama

See accelerated growth with your team of A-Players who are mow fully ready and skilled to scale.

Testimonials

What Growth Institute leaders are saying about Topgrading?

“Nothing matters more in winning than getting the right people on the field. All the clever strategies and advanced technologies in the world are nowhere near as effective without great people to put them to work. Brad developed the methods to help us pick top producers.”
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Jack Welch

Former Chairman and CEO, General Electric
"We've grown from one to forty-six locations and have experienced 50% to 100% growth annually since Topgrading."
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Ken Sim

Co-Founder & Owner, Nurse Next Door
“In the fight against cardiovascular disease and stroke, Topgrading helped us raise an additional $50 million over the previous year. Topgrading has saved lives.”
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Cass Wheeler

Former CEO, American Heart Association
“There’s nothing that has done more for our company than Topgrading. It will be our culture as long as we have our company.”
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William H. McGill

Chairman & CEO, MarineMax Inc.
“It's all about implementation. There's the Topgrading book and other stuff out there. It's a really intense process and a thick book, but having the coaches to help you implement is really valuable. We've actually felt the whole environment and culture in our company starting to shift as we bring in people who are thinking the same as us.”
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Alex Leyva

Business & Employee Development Manager, Infinity Landing Systems
"Argo is more successful as a company because Topgrading has resulted in a higher percentage of A Players."
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Mark Watson

CEO, Argo Group

Meet Your Guides

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Dr. Brad Smart

Creator of Topgrading

Brad completed his doctorate in Industrial Psychology at
Purdue University, entered consulting, and since the 1970s has been in private practice as President and CEO of his own company, now called Topgrading, Inc., based in the Chicago area.

Brad is frequently acknowledged to be the world’s foremost expert on hiring. The company consults with many leading companies and hundreds of small and growth companies.

He has conducted in-depth interviews with over 6,500 executives. His work has resulted in authoring seven books and videos, including Topgrading 3rd Edition: The Proven Hiring And Promoting Method That Turbocharges Company Performance; The Smart Interviewer: Tools and Techniques for Hiring the Best; and the training series Topgrading Toolkit, featuring the 12 Topgrading hiring steps and demos of all the interviews.

He's also co-authored the following books: Topgrading for Sales: World-Class Methods to Interview, Hire, and Coach Top Sales Representatives, with Greg Alexander; and Smart Parenting: How to Raise Happy, Can-Do Kids, with Dr. Kate Mursau.

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Chris Mursau

President of Topgrading

Chris has been consulting and teaching organizations and individual managers how to pack their teams with A-Players since 2001.

He has conducted over 2,500 in-depth Topgrading assessments for internal and external candidates, helped hundreds of people achieve their A potential, and trained thousands of people in the methodologies proven to improve their success in hiring high performers.

His client list is broad and diverse, including some Fortune 500 companies, small to medium-sized businesses, and non-profit organizations.

Michelle LaVallee

Michelle LaVallee

International Talent Advisor & Certified Topgrading Coach

Focus, strategic thinking, and valuing talent are the cornerstones of Michelle LaVallee’s coaching practice.

 

As a Certified Topgrading Coach & International Talent Advisor, Michelle supports global executives to improve their ability to spot and keep talent, while progressing towards the placement of 90% A-Players across their organizations.
With over 20 years of international experience, across large organizations and start-ups, Michelle is a multi-cultural operational expert, masterful in reengineering organizations for their own strategic fulfillment. Her natural warmth puts people at ease, strengthens their desire to embrace new practices, and influences stakeholders to build goodwill while aligning their teams for positive change.

 

A Topgrading Champion since 2006, she has supported dozens of international companies to achieve at least 85% A Players in the midst of rapid growth and has conducted over 1,600 Topgrading Interviews across multiple industries in China, Hong Kong, Canada, Dubai, the United States, and the United
Kingdom. Michelle’s Topgrading workshops and interviews help organizations save hundreds of thousands of dollars when
avoiding the cost of “mis-hires”, and improve internal abilities to recognize talent.
An adventurer with a love for the outdoors,

 

Michelle spends her spare time cultivating a small farm in southern Chile, where she
has lived since 2011.

In this program, you’ll have access to…

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✔ 7 Weekly Trainings with 1-year access!

You’ll learn Dr. Brad Smart’s full Topgrading framework -- a.k.a. the silver bullet that will 3x your hiring accuracy and ensure that with every new hire, you're building your dream team!

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✔ 7 live coaching sessions with 1-year access to the recordings!


Get expert help for every stage of your hiring journey and address all your most pressing talent challenges with your coach, Chis Mursau, President of Topgrading. Chris will deepen your understanding of the material and spend dedicated time coaching and addressing questions each week.

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✔ 24/7 community and peer support

Learn with and from up to 50 other teams full of seasoned, successful CEO, founders, and business leaders. Become an insider by joining business champions like yourself to resolve your top challenges.

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✔ Apply Your Learnings With The System Toolkit

You'll receive many tools to speed along your implementation quickly and easily. These world-class hiring tools and checklists get you - and your team - on track to build a foolproof hiring process – almost like a step-by-step blueprint. 

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✔ An accredited Master Practitioner Certification

To demonstrate your mastery of the methodology, you’ll also earn the official Master Practitioner Certificate!
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✔ BONUS 1: Compensation Learning Suite

As an added bonus, teams and individuals who enroll in the all-new Topgrading Master Business Course will get ANOTHER all-new experience with Verne Harnish's Scaling Up: Compensation micro-training, based on his new book. Not sure you can afford to hire "A-Players"? Think again with these creative strategies for designing attractive compensation packages at all levels.
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✔ BONUS 2: EXTRA 1-on-1 call with your Topgrading Coach

A dedicated 30-minute call with your coach and Topgrading President Chris Mursau to review progress and get customized coaching around your business hiring needs! (limited to the first 10 teams to enroll!)
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✔ BONUS 3: 2 FREE months of access to Topgrading community online tools and resources

Tools like the Career History Form, Candidate Snapshots, or Competency Assessment. TOLS 3.0 helps you screen candidates and detect Top Performers more efficiently and accurately than ever before.
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OUR 100% GUARANTEE

We want you to be our next testimonial...so let us take the risk.

Here’s our commitment to you:

Access the program, join our coaches and online community for 30 days, and implement new strategies in your business.

If you’re doing the work and not seeing results, let us know and we’ll give you a no-questions-asked refund.

We’ve worked with over 60,000 CEOs, founders, and business leaders...and we know our program works.

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Scaling A Team of A-Players Can Be Hard

Especially if you don’t have the right people in place to help you.

Hiring is a strategic business differentiator.

We get it – there are a lot of things to consider when designing your organization and finding the RIGHT people to build your dream team.

Joining our 7-week Topgrading program will equip your leaders with the processes, tools, training, and coaching they need to fill

open positions with people who will excel.

If you are a high-growth company looking to staff your team of A-Players and scale, book a call!