Joseph Daniel McCool is a writer, speaker, and consultant on executive recruiting and corporate management succession best practices. He is the author of Deciding Who Leads: How Executive Recruiters Drive, Direct & Disrupt the Global Search for Leadership Talent, a book exploring the global executive search consulting business and its impact on corporate leadership, executive compensation, and organizational culture and performance. It has been recognized as "one of the 30 best business books of 2008" by Soundview Executive Book Summaries and as a top pick by Business Book Review.