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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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HM141.G35 1995 C.2 Leading minds : HM141.H385 1994 C.4 Leadership without easy answers / HM141.H385 1994 c5 Leadership without easy answers / HM141.U83 1998 C.2 The leadership moment : HM1261.M32 2006 C.2 Building everyday leadership in all teens : HM1261.M3897 2002 C.1 Leadership 101 / HM1261.M3897 2002 C.2 Leadership 101 /

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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