| Title : | The leadership moment : nine true stories of triumph and disaster and their lessons for us all |
| Material Type: | printed text |
| Authors: | Michael Useem, Author |
| Edition statement: | 1st ed |
| Publisher: | New York : Times Business |
| Publication Date: | 1998 |
| Pagination: | vi, 329 p. |
| Layout: | ill. |
| Size: | 21 cm |
| ISBN (or other code): | 978-0-8129-3230-0 |
| General note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-301) and index |
| Languages : | English (eng) Original Language : English (eng) |
| Descriptors: | Elite (Social sciences) - Case studies
Executive ability - Case studies
Leadership - Case studies
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| Class number: | 303.34 |
| Abstract: | 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. |
| Contents note: | The Leadership Moment; Roy Vagelos Attacks River Blindness: "The drug was needed only by people who couldn't afford it."; Wagner Dodge Retreats in Mann Gulch: "What the hell is the boss doing, lighting another fire in front of us? "; Eugene Kranz Returns Apollo 13 to Earth: "What do you think we've got in the spacecraft that's good?"; Arlene Blum Ascends Annapurna: "The expedition needed a strong leader but not a dictator."; Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain Defends Little Round Top: "We know not the future, and cannot plan for it much. But we can . . . determine and know what manner of men we will be whenever and wherever the hour strikes."; Clifton Wharton Restructures TIAA-CREF: "Here's a great institution that is in more trouble than it realizes."; John Gutfreund Loses Salomon Inc: "It's a harsh Tuorld, where mistakes are not charitably dealt with."; Nancy Barry Builds Women's World Banking: "I feel that my whole life has been preparing me to do this job."; Alfredo Cristiani Ends El Salvador's Civil War: "/ looked at the country the way I looked at my business." |
| Record link: | https://library.seeu.edu.mk/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=15065 |
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