Meredith D. Ashby and Stephen A. Miles 
Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc.

Factors affecting leadership and human capital management

At the edge of a new millennium, corporations are faced with an unprecedented series of factors, both external and internal, which are accelerating the pace of change and disruption and ceaselessly reshaping the business landscape. Internally, the changing demographics and increasing diversity of the workforce are posing challenges to the traditional ways of structuring operations and hiring, managing and incenting employees. Externally, the relentless pace of technological advancement has given rise to a truly global marketplace, rife with opportunity as well as with danger—from previously undreamed-of access to new markets to the incomprehensible stresses of terrorism.
These internal and external factors are constantly meshing, forming a kaleidoscope of ever-shifting scenarios in which companies must produce, package and market their goods and services—i.e., provide value. In today’s environment, “business as usual” clearly will not do. The need for leadership has remained throughout time. Fortunately, the qualities that comprise the gifted leader change as the marketplace changes. However, in today’s fast-moving, volatile and complex world, the need for inspired leadership, for substantive leadership, for distributed and meritocratic leadership, has never been more critical.

Meredith D. Ashby and Stephen A. Miles

The Book
Overview
Inside the Bookcover
Foreword
Preface

Excerpts
Chapter 1 - Leadership 
Chapter 2 - Managing Human Capital 
Chapter 3 - Competitive Advantage 
Chapter 4 - Strategic Change 
Chapter 5 - The Stakeholder's View 

Prologue
List of Featured Executives
Executive & Company Bios
Fast Facts
About the Editors
Contact the Editors