Geoff is Chairman & CEO of ghSMART, the management assessment firm for CEOs and investors, which he founded in 1995. ghSMART has offices across North America. Highly satisfied clients include the world's largest private equity investors, Fortune 500 CEOs, and billionaire entrepreneurs. ghSMART's client impact has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek, Fortune, Buyouts, CNBC's Squawk Box, and in a Harvard Business School Case Study on the firm titled "ghSMART & Co.: Pioneering in Professional Services."

Geoff is co-author of the New York Times Bestseller Who: The A Method for Hiring (Ballantine Books/Random House, 2008). He is co-creator of the Topgrading® philosophy of talent management.

Geoff is a member of Young Presidents' Organization. He is a volunteer and sponsor of Junior Achievement, which is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to promote an understanding of business and entrepreneurship in children. Geoff earned a B.A. in Economics with Honors from Northwestern University, an M.A., and a Ph.D. in Psychology from Claremont Graduate University, where he was a student of management guru Peter F. Drucker.

Geoff solves every manager's #1 problem: making hiring mistakes

Geoff is co-author of Who: The A Method for Hiring (Random House, 2008). The book is a New York Times Bestseller, Wall Street Journal Bestseller, USA Today Bestseller, and was ranked the #1 bestseller of all books on Amazon. Over 20 different billionaire entrepreneurs were interviewed exclusively for this book (a record) to collect their best advice and stories on this important subject. The largest statistical study every done on this topic was conducted with the University of Chicago's Steve Kaplan, which revealed some startling findings about types of candidates who succeed and fail. A simple and practical solution is presented. Over 20 CEOs have endorsed Who.

During this program, the stories and advice draw from some of the most extensive research, interviews, and experiences ever assembled on the topic of talent management.

• Why are most managers terrible at hiring?
• How to generate a source of the right candidates?
• What to look for to pick the right one?
• How to sell the ideal candidate on accepting a job at your company?

The session includes a significant amount of audience interaction including live demonstrations of the interview techniques, audience realtime Q&A, and simple "takeaway tools and templates" to help attendees maximize financial performance and their own career success.

Read Geoff's blog, The Who Matters.