Deciding Who Leads offers a front-row seat from which to witness the high-stakes drama, victories, and missteps that characterize the executive search process amid what has become an intense, truly global competition for leadership talent.
Enter the secret world of executive search consulting . . . and discover how this influential-but largely invisible-profession is charting the course of global business.
Executive search expert Joseph Daniel McCool delivers a rich expose of the elite world of search consulting-the single most influential form of management consulting engaged by organizations - and its powerful impact on the future of organizational performance, culture, and profits. Deciding Who Leads offers a front-row seat from which to witness the high-stakes drama, victories, and missteps that characterize the executive search process amid what has become an intense, truly global competition for leadership talent.
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Read MoreExecutive recruiting is arguably the most important task in the world of business, and Deciding Who Leads offers an insider s understanding of how the process really works. - Peter Cappelli, George W. Taylor Professor of Management, The Wharton SchoolProves how external leadership recruiters and HR can work together to attract, recruit, develop, and retain the kind of executive management talent that s essential for high-performance organizations. - Craig Newmark, founder, craigslistI know of no one who writes about the world of senior executive search who knows the business better and who has earned the respect of its practitioners more than Joe McCool. This book will show you why. - Dave Opton, founder & CEO, ExecuNetProvocative. Practical. Pragmatic. Should be required reading for HR professionals, search consultants, and hiring executives. - Linda Clark-Santos, PhD, former Senior Vice President, Talent & Organizational Capability, Washington Mutual