The leadership moment : nine true stories of triumph and disaster and their lessons for us all / Michael Useem.
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TextPublication details: New York : Times Business, c1998.Edition: 1st edDescription: vi, 329 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN: - 9780812929355 (alk. paper)
- 0812929357 (alk. paper)
- 303.3/4 21
- HM141 .U83 1998
- 85.08
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-301) and index.
Introduction : the leadership moment -- Roy Vagelos attacks river blindness -- Wagner Dodge retreats in Mann Gulch -- Eugene Kranz returns Apollo 13 to Earth -- Arlene Blum ascends Annapurna -- Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain defends Little Round Top -- Clifton Wharton restructures TIAA-CREF -- John Gutfreund loses Salomon Inc. -- Nancy Barry builds Women's World Banking -- Alfredo Cristiani ends El Salvador's civil war -- Conclusion: vision plus action -- A leader's guide.
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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