More Praise for The Leadership Capital Index

“Much needed! Leadership has always been the X factor in gauging the health of any organization—we know it’s vitally important, but we haven’t 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 Ulrich’s 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. Dave’s 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