The Leadership Moment, Michael Useem
The Leadership Moment, Michael Useem
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The Leadership Moment
Nine True Stories of Triumph and Disaster and Their Lessons for Us All

Author: Michael Useem

Narrator: Walter Dixon, Suzie Althens

Unabridged: 8 hr 26 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 08/25/2020


Synopsis

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 World poverty

● Wagner Dodge, who faces the decision of a lifetime as a fast-moving forest fire overtakes his firefighting crew

● And more

About Michael Useem

Michael Useem is the William and Jacalyn Egan Professor of Management and faculty director of the Center for Leadership and Change Management and McNulty Leadership Program at The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. His university teaching includes MBA and executive MBA courses on management and leadership, and his books include The Leader's Checklist, The Strategic Leader's Roadmap (with Harbir Singh), Mastering Catastrophic Risk (with Howard Kunreuther), Fortune Makers: The Leaders Creating China's Great Global Companies (with Harbir Singh, Neng Liang, and Peter Cappelli), and Boards That Lead (with Ram Charan and Dennis Carey).


Reviews

Goodreads review by Matt on March 21, 2023

Most of the stories are great, but the way he pulls leadership principles out of them felt laborious. A few of the stories were uninteresting. Overall felt dry and was hard to finish.......more

Goodreads review by BOOKSTHATSTAY on August 23, 2022

This book contains nine true stories of triumph and disaster and the lessons that we can learn from them. It is a book that can be equally enjoyed by fiction-lovers as well as non-fiction lovers!😃 All of us have to make certain decisions almost every single day, which affect us and many-a-times peopl......more

Goodreads review by Tototapalnise on January 23, 2012

Judul asli buku ini The Leadership Moments karya penulis Michael Useem. Dari judul aslinya sudah ketahuan kalau buku ini tentang kepemimpinan. Tapi buku ini dikemas dengan cara yang berbeda dengan contoh-contoh kepemimpinan yang diambil dari berbagai peristiwa atau kisah nyata di dunia. Mulai dari p......more

Goodreads review by Dana on August 24, 2017

I mean, it didn't kill me to read these stories. a few were better than others, but I got more out of the stories of fantastic people, rather than leadership qualities. sure those were highlighted but I sort of found them difficult to retain or apply to my life.......more

Goodreads review by RYCJ on September 03, 2013

Can’t say I was surprised, given the author’s experience, but then must say I was levitated given the versatile suitability this book projects. All nine true case-examples are succinct, relevant, quite captivating, and valuable lessons applicable for everyone.......more