Recruiting for leadership roles is probably the most important action most organizations ever take, and they are often flying blind. Simon Mullins and David Lord, two of the world’s experts on this topic, offer real insights as well as a practical guide to running the leadership recruiting process. Peter Cappelli, Professor of Management, The Wharton SchoolIn business, recruiting the right leaders at the right time is the competitive advantage. Leadership Recruiting is the first authoritative guide to doing so, every step of the way, for rapidly growing small companies to Global 100 conglomerates. What once was unmanaged, or managed by instinct, can now be driven by 25 years of research with many of the world’s leading organizations.
All executives can benefit, as candidates for new positions, as managers responsible for hiring senior executives, or as executive recruiters charged with managing the hiring process. Authors Simon Mullins and David Lord, CEO and Founder, respectively, of the Executive Search Information Exchange (ESIX.org), deliver what works before and after a decision to find the right person to address a management need.
Leadership Recruiting takes the hiring organization’s view, independent of the interests of executive search and consulting firms but with a full appreciation of how and when to engage consultants and how to build an in-house capability, so central to any company’s future. It’s a business-school course in 182 pages, indispensable for hiring managers and HR executives. In fact, any aspiring business leader can learn here the inside scoop on how this sometimes-mysterious, all-important activity works - or at least should work!
Leadership Recruiting will soon be seen on the Zoom™ meeting bookshelf backdrops of top HR officers and Directors of Executive Recruiting worldwide. For more, see ESIX.org
