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Title: The Leadership Moment : Nine True Stories of Triumph and Disaster and Their Lessons for Us All by Michael Useem ISBN: 0-8129-3230-7 Publisher: Three Rivers Press Pub. Date: 02 November, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.75 (12 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: VERY ENTERTAINING READ, OKAY ANALYSIS
Comment: In this book, Mike Useem describes nine situations in which leadership emerges. The situations outlined are very diverse, including a mountainclimbing expedition, a pharmaceutical company's decision, a firefighter's dillemma, and a Central American emerging democracy's negotiation with terrorism, to name a few. Roughly half of the stories are cases of success, half are failures, which makes it interesting exploration of both sides of the coin.
Overall, the stories are very interesting per se, and worth the read. Some of these are classics of management and ethics, such as the Merck Riverblindness case. At the end of each story, Useem tries to do an analysis of what the leader did right or wrong. In this section, I did in fact disagree with some of Useem's conclusions, and what bothered me was the fact that I felt like the author did not leave enough space for alternative views. For example, he argues that Roy Vagelos of Merck was a great leader because he guided his company to do the right thing and spend all the money on the disease though it would not recoup costs. I would argue that he did recoup, by the free publicity, which Useem helps extend, but Useem never mentions the possibility of it being worth it.
I did like the book and would recommend it, especially the stories, which are told in a very fast paced and easy to read manner. However, not so sure about the analysis.
Rating: 5
Summary: I highly recommend this book.
Comment: Searching for a book on leadership for a graduate level management class, I came across this title and was fascinated. If you are going to read one book on leadership, it should be this book. Michael Useem has written an amazing book in which he shares the stories of nine leaders and the decisions they made in leadership moments. Within each chapter the true story is explained, followed by implications noting the leadership skills applied to make the decision that was made in each case.
Rating: 5
Summary: great service
Comment: The book arrived on time, and in great condition. And they also included another book for free with the order!
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Title: Leading Up : How to Lead Your Boss So You Both Win by Michael Useem ISBN: 1400047005 Publisher: Three Rivers Press Pub. Date: 25 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Upward Bound : Nine Original Accounts of How Business Leaders Reached Their Summits by Jerry Useem, Paul Asel, Michael Useem ISBN: 1400050480 Publisher: Crown Business Pub. Date: 16 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
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Title: Statistical Thinking for Managers by R. Lyman Ott, David K. Hildebrand, Lyman Ott ISBN: 0534204066 Publisher: Brooks Cole Pub. Date: 13 February, 1998 List Price(USD): $116.95 |
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Title: The Leadership Experience by Richard L. Daft, Pat Lane ISBN: 0030335728 Publisher: South-Western College Pub Pub. Date: 06 July, 2001 List Price(USD): $104.95 |
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Title: Leading at the Edge : Leadership Lessons from the Extraordinary Saga of Shackleton's Antarctic Expedition by Dennis N. T. Perkins, Margaret P. Holtman, Paul R. Kessler, Catherine McCarthy, Dennis N. T. Perkins ISBN: 0814405436 Publisher: AMACOM Pub. Date: May, 2000 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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