The Leadership Moment : Nine True Stories of Triumph and Disaster and Their Lessons for Us All – Michael Useem, Foreword by Warren Bennis (Abridged)

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“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 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.

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