Few would argue that companies that can attract, develop, and retain the best leaders are most likely to flourish. The issue grows murky when we attempt to define leadership, and trickier still when managers try to match today's dizzying array of leadership practices with the needs of their organization. Results-Based Leadership brings a refreshing clarity and directness to the leadership discussion, providing a hands-on program to help executives succeed with their leadership challenges.

A landmark book, Results-Based Leadership challenges the conventional wisdom surrounding leadership. The authors, world-renowned experts in human resources and leadership development, argue that it is not enough to gauge leaders by personal traits such as character, style, and values. Rather, effective leaders know how to connect their leadership attributes with results. Results-Based Leadership shows executives how to deliver results in four specific areas: results for employees, the organization, its customers, and its investors. The authors provide action-oriented guidelines that readers can follow to develop and hone their own results-based leadership skills.

David Ulrich is co-founder of the RBL Group and professor of business at the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business. He's ranked number one as a management educator guru by Business Week.  He was selected by Fast Company as one of the ten most innovative and creative leaders. He has been named the most influential person in the HR field by the U.K. HR magazine four out of the last five years and was most recently listed number 31 on the Thinker's 50 global ranking of business gurus. He's written 20 books covering topics in HR and leadership, including The Leadership Code and HR Transformation.

Results-Based Leadership reveals how to produce results that can be measured and integrated into any business strategy or corporate culture. By shifting our focus to the connection between the attributes and the results of leadership, this perceptive new guide fundamentally improves our understanding of effective leadership.