Joseph Daniel McCool is principal of The McCool Group, the only global advisory firm that helps companies, universities and not-for-profit organizations get better, more consistent and more diverse results from executive search and management succession.
Joe’s global perspective and commitment to drive better results through executive search and succession best practices has helped employers find the right search partners, improve executive hiring effectiveness, improve management diversity, create CEO and ‘C-Suite’ succession plans, and make their Search Committees better prepared and more effective.
He’s been quoted regularly in The Wall Street Journal as well as in The Financial Times, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Shanghai Daily, CEO Update and The Economist. Joe has also appeared on the BBC World News, CNBC, CBC Radio and CNN Radio, among other global media. BusinessWeek calls him “the authority” on executive recruiters. Fast Company calls him the “guru” on getting the most from executive search. ExecuNet calls him an “expert on management succession.”
Joe’s book, Deciding Who Leads: How Executive Recruiters Drive, Direct & Disrupt the Global Search for Leadership Talent, was recognized as one of the best business books of 2008 by SoundView, getAbstract and Business Book Review. It was also a Foreword Business Book of the year finalist, an 800 CEO Read award nominee, and a strategy + business magazine ‘Human Capital Best Book’ of the year nominee. In 2010, Joe’s book was translated in Brazilian-Portuguese under the title Escolhendo Líderes.
He holds a master’s degree in organizational leadership with a certificate in servant leadership from Gonzaga University, and a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Plymouth State College of the University System of New Hampshire. Joe has been a member of The Human Resources Leadership Forum, National Association of Corporate Directors, The Society of Corporate Secretaries & Governance Professionals, and the National Eagle Scout Association.