The Leadership Moment: Nine True Stories of Triumph and Disaster and Their Lessons for Us All (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780812932300)

Are you ready for the leadership moment?

"Gripping adventure and actionable advice."--Fast Company

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.

Author: Michael Useem
ISBN-10: 0812932307
ISBN-13: 9780812932300
Publisher: Crown Currency
Language: English
Published: 11/02/1999
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.90d