Publisher's Synopsis
When it comes to evaluating a firm, leadership matters. We know that financial outcomes can predict about 50% of a firm's market value. Intangibles like strategy, brand, talent, R&D, risk, innovation, and so on account for the rest. But leadership underlies them all. And despite how important we know it is, we've been forced to rely on subjective and unreliable ways to measure its impact - until now. In this book, leadership scholar, author, and consultant Dave Ulrich proposes a 'leadership capital index' - a Moody's or Standard and Poor's rating for leadership. Drawing on research from investors and business leaders, and synthesizing the work of dozens of consulting firms and leadership experts, Ulrich analyzes two broad domains, each comprising five factors.
