Joe McCool has written the best-ever guidebook for how to use and leverage executive recruiters. Written as a pro, McCool covers all key topics with straight candor and clear words, with special focus on how to make your executive recruiter work in your best interest, ongoing. Sections on the true cost of a bad executive hire, the intersection of search and onboarding, and search as the key to leadership diversity are especially enlightening, rounded out by final chapters on how to engage search consultants and best practices for senior management recruiting. McCool has greatly enriched the profession of those who hire, who have been long under-served regarding the counsel and training they've received.