Deciding Who Leads
How Executive Recruiters Drive, Direct, and Disrupt the Global Search for Leadership Talent
Published on 15. April 2008
Book
Hardback
248 pages
978-0-89106-246-2 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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.
Reviews / Votes
Executive 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 School I 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, ExecuNet Provocative. 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 Proves 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, craigslistMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Murray Press
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-89106-246-2 (9780891062462)
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Person
* Author Residence: Jaffrey, New Hampshire * Contributing editor & columnist for BusinessWeek and ExecuNet; featured columnist for Search-Consult Magazine
Content
The Global War for Executive Talent; Reengineering Executive Search and Management Succession; Disney's Executive Decision; The Headhunters' Identity Crisis; The New Leadership Mandate; The True Cost of a Bad Executive Hire; The Intersection of Executive Search and Executive Onboarding; Partners in Leadership Recruiting; Executive Search as the Key to Leadership Diversity; How to Engage Executive Search Consultants; Best Practices for Senior Management Recruiting.