Topgrading, Inc. Employee Directory
Business Consulting and ServicesIllinois, United States11-50 Employees
Topgrading, Inc. is a professional services firm in business consulting that specializes in hiring methodology. Based in Lake Forest, Illinois, it serves organizations seeking to improve the quality of their hires in a competitive market. Its approach centers on systematically identifying high performers and addressing common hiring pitfalls, with case studies reporting that about 85% of hires are high performers after adoption, compared with 26% prior. The methodology is applied across leadership and all organizational levels and has been used by startups as well as small, mid-sized, and large companies. Founder Dr. Brad Smart is regarded as a leading expert on hiring, and he became president and chief executive officer in 2022.