Ulrich - The leadership capital index : realizing the market value of leadership

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Much needed! Leadership has always been the X factor in gauging the health of any organizationwe know its vitally important, but we havent had a way to think about it objectively. Now we can compare apples to apples.

Cheryl Bachelder, CEO, Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen, and author of Dare to Serve

All investors who take their job seriously will want to read this book. Ulrich has closed a critical gap in risk mitigation with this comprehensive 360 for assessing leadership capability throughout an organization.

Sandy Ogg, Operating Partner, The Blackstone Group

Long-term-oriented investors understand that people lead, financial numbers lag. Thanks to Dave Ulrichs leadership capital index, we now have a more rigorous way to evaluate the people who lead and can make much better investment decisions.

Fred Trigueiro, founder and CEO, Archipelago Partners, Brazil

It is a remarkably comprehensive model. The Leadership Capital Index will be an important and immensely useful book not only for investors but for anyone needing to better understand the nature of leadership.

Hermann Hauser, cofounder and Partner, Amadeus Capital Partners

Dave Ulrich has written a foundational book. He has introduced the concept of the leadership capital index and brought together eight key elements of the index. Each element is carefully developed and ultimately put into a format designed for practical usage. As the CIO of an investment management firm specializing in publicly traded stocks, I am tasked with making investment decisions based on publicly available data. This means my investment team and I have to carefully choose only a few critical items to discuss with each corporate management team. We also hold our stocks for long periods of time; our approach is significantly dependent upon superior corporate leadership. Daves book will help us select the one or two key index elements for each potential investment and ask the pertinent questions. Refreshingly, Dave has left the door wide open for improvements in the index.

Frederick K. Martin, CEO and CIO, Disciplined Growth Investors

THE LEADERSHIP CAPITAL INDEX

Dave Ulrich has written 30 books and more than 200 articles that shape managerial thinking and action in organizations, leadership, and human resources. Key books include:

Justin Allen and Dave Ulrich. 2013. Talent Accelerator: Secrets for Driving Business Growth in Asia. RBL Group and Ministry of Manpower (Singapore).

Dave Ulrich and Wendy Ulrich. 2010. The Why of Work: How Great Leaders Build Abundant Organizations That Win. New York: McGraw Hill.

Ron Ashkenas, Dave Ulrich, Todd Jick, and Steve Kerr. 1995. The Boundaryless Organization: Breaking the Chains of Organization Structure. San Francisco: Josey-Bass.

Dave Ulrich and Dale Lake. 1990. Organizational Capability: Competing from the Inside/Out. New York: Wiley.

Dave Ulrich and Norm Smallwood. 2013. Leadership Sustainability: Seven Disciplines to Achieve the Changes Great Leaders Know They Must Make. New York: McGraw Hill.

Dave Ulrich, Norm Smallwood, and Kate Sweetman. 2008. Leadership Code: Five Rules to Live By. Boston: Harvard Business Press.

Dave Ulrich and Norm Smallwood. 2007. Leadership Brand: Developing Customer Focused Leaders to Drive Performance and Building Lasting Value. Boston: Harvard Business Press.

Dave Ulrich, William Schiemann, and Libby Sartain. 2015. The Rise of HR. HR Certification Institute.

Dave Ulrich, Jon Younger, Wayne Brockbank, and Michael Ulrich. 2012. HR From the Outside In: Six Competencies for the Future of Human Resources. New York: McGraw-Hill Publishing Company.

Brian Becker, Mark Huselid, and Dave Ulrich. 2001. The HR Scorecard: Linking People, Strategy, and Performance. Boston: Harvard Business Press.

Dave Ulrich. 1997. Human Resource Champions: The Next Agenda for Adding Value and Delivering Results. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Business Press.

Realizing the Market Value of Leadership

Dave Ulrich

The Leadership Capital Index

Copyright 2015 by David Olson Ulrich

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To investors and leaders who seek common ground

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