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The Leadership Moment: Nine True Stories of Triumph and Disaster and Their Lessons for Us All

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Are you ready for the leadership moment?

Merck's Roy Vagelos commits millions of dollars to develop a drug needed only by people who can't afford it · Eugene Kranz struggles to bring the Apollo 13 astronauts home after an explosion rips through their spacecraft · Arlene Blum organizes the first women's ascent of one of the world's most dangerous mountains · Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain leads his tattered troops into a pivotal Civil War battle at Little Round Top · John Gutfreund loses Salomon Brothers when his inattention to a trading scandal almost topples the Wall Street giant · Clifton Wharton restructures a $50 billion pension system direly out of touch with its customers · Alfredo Cristiani transforms El Salvador's decade-long civil war into a negotiated settlement · Nancy Barry leads Women's World Banking in the fight against Third World poverty · Wagner Dodge faces the decision of a lifetime as a fast-moving forest fire overtakes his firefighting crew

Synopsis:

Nine unusual, inspiring, and dramatic stories about leaders in crisis, and what they have done to succeed or why they have failed. 32 photos throughout.

Synopsis:

A study of leadership in action focuses on nine real-life accounts of leaders who faced a moment of crisis and what they did to succeed or fail.
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About the Author

Michael Useem is the director of the Center for Leadership and Change Management at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, where he is also the William and Jacalyn Egan Professor of Management. He regularly leads Wharton graduates on leadership treks to the Himalayas.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780812932300
Author:
Useem, Michael
Publisher:
Crown Business
Introduction by:
Bennis, Warren G.
Introduction:
Bennis, Warren G.
Foreword by:
Bennis, Warren G.
Foreword:
Bennis, Warren
Foreword:
Bennis, Warren G.
Author:
Bennis, Warren
Location:
New York
Subject:
Leadership
Subject:
Management
Subject:
Adventure
Subject:
Entrepreneurship
Subject:
Executive ability
Subject:
Elite (Social sciences)
Subject:
Elite
Subject:
Management - General
Subject:
Business Writing
Edition Description:
Trade paper
Series Volume:
56
Publication Date:
19991131
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
32 BandW PHOTOS THROUGHOUT
Pages:
336
Dimensions:
8.42x5.56x.73 in. .59 lbs.
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"Synopsis" by , Nine unusual, inspiring, and dramatic stories about leaders in crisis, and what they have done to succeed or why they have failed. 32 photos throughout.
"Synopsis" by , A study of leadership in action focuses on nine real-life accounts of leaders who faced a moment of crisis and what they did to succeed or fail.
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