The Leadership Moment: Nine True Stories of Triumph and Disaster and Their Lessons for Us All

by Michael Useem

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Are you ready for the leadership moment? Learn valuable lessons from the stories of: - Merck's Roy Vagelos, who commits millions of dollars to develop a drug needed only by people who can't afford it - Eugene Kranz, who struggles to bring the Apollo 13 astronauts home after an explosion rips through their spacecraft - Arlene Blum, who organizes the first women's ascent of one of the world's most dangerous mountains - Nancy Barry, who leads Women's World Banking in the fight against Third show more World poverty - Wagner Dodge, who faces the decision of a lifetime as a fast-moving forest fire overtakes his firefighting crew - And more show less

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Business, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction
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303.34Society, Government, and CultureSocial sciences, sociology & anthropologySocial processesCoordination and controlLeadership
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HM141 .U83Social sciencesSociology (General)SociologyThese are obsolete numbers no longer used
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