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

by Useem, Michael
ISBN: 9780812932300
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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

  • Format: TradePaperback
  • Author: Useem, Michael
  • ISBN: 9780812932300
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 8.20 x 0.90
  • Number Of Pages: 336
  • Publication Year: 1999