Topgrading (Revised PHP Edition): How Leading Companies Win by Hiring, Coaching and Keeping the Best People Book

	Preface : what's new in topgrading
	Introduction : talent wins
1	Topgrading : every manager's top priority	3
2	The financial and career costs of not topgrading	36
3	Hiring and promoting talent : the topgrading platinum standard	56
4	Redeploying chronic B and C players : a moral approach	105
5	Topgrading case studies : A players, no excuses	125
6	Obstacles to topgrading, and how A players overcome them : a review of major topgrading principles in part one	170
7	Becoming an A player : having your cake and eating it too	189
8	Fixing weaknesses in each of fifty competencies : the straightest path to success	217
9	Coaching 101 : the topgrading-based model	246
10	Case studies : coaching to fix weaknesses	272
11	Your most powerful tool : the topgrading interview guide	309
12	Avoiding legal problems : a "bulletproof" approach to safe hiring, managing, and firing practices	354
	Epilogue : topgrading in the future	421
App. A	Topgrading interview guide	431
App. B	Self-administered topgrading interviewing guide	486
App. C	Career history form	502
App. D	In-depth reference check guide	511
App. E	Candidate assessment scorecard	518
App. F	Interviewer feedback form	522
App. G	Sample competencies - management	527
App. H	Sample individual development plan	536
App. I	Cost of mis-hires form	540
App. J	Topgraders - contact information for consulting and licensing forms	544