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

"Gripping adventure and actionable advice . . . Useem not only takes us into the experiences of others but also draws out
striking lessons."--Fast Company

"One thoughtful work like this is worth a ton of new-age, self-help tomes that are high on fluff and low on
scholarship."--San Francisco Chronicle

"A really good story is a time-honored way to show how leaders respond to extreme challenges [and] that's what Michael Useem delivers."--USA Today

An intriguing study of leadership in action focuses on nine real-life accounts of leaders who faced a moment of crisis and what they did to succeed or fail and includes the stories of Eugene Kranz and Apollo 13, Arlene Blum and the first women's expedition to the Himalayas, and others. Reprint. 17,500 first printing.