The Leadership Moment

Nine True Stories of Triumph and Disaster and Their Lessons for Us All

Author  Michael Useem Foreword by  Warren Bennis
The Leadership Moment

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…

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November 2, 1999
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