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The leadership moment : nine true stories of triumph and disaster and their lessons for us all / Michael Useem.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Times Business, c1998.Edition: 1st edDescription: vi, 329 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780812929355 (alk. paper)
  • 0812929357 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Online version:: Leadership moment.DDC classification:
  • 303.3/4 21
LOC classification:
  • HM141 .U83 1998
Other classification:
  • 85.08
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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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Books Books Illinois Leadership Center HM141.U83 1998 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 4000000672
Books Books Illinois Leadership Center ODOS HM141.U83 1998 C.2 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 4000000673
Books Books Illinois Leadership Center HM141.U83 1998 C.3 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 4000000671

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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