The Leader's Checklist, Expanded Edition: 15 Mission-Critical Principles - Softcover

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<div><B>Named to <I>The Washington Post</I>'s 2011 List of Best Leadership Books</B><BR><BR><B>In this fast-reading and illuminating expanded edition of the bestselling <I>Leader&#8217;s Checklist,</I> world-renowned leadership expert Michael Useem deepens his examination of 15 mission-critical principles for leaders</B><BR><BR>Based on the lessons from astonishing stories, solid research, and years of leadership development work with a wide array of companies and organizations in the United States and abroad, Useem presents today&#8217;s leaders with 15 guiding principles that form the core of the Leader&#8217;s Checklist, which will help you develop your ability to make good and timely decisions in unpredictable and stressful environments&#151;for those moments when leadership really matters.<br><BR>To illustrate how the Leader&#8217;s Checklist can assist leaders, Useem zeroes in on accounts of extraordinary leaders who rose to the challenge, including Laurence Golborne&#8217;s role in the triumphant rescue of 33 miners in Chile, Joseph Pfeifer&#8217;s remarkable heroism as the first FDNY Fire Chief to take command at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, and Union officer Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain&#8217;s transformative actions after the Confederate army&#8217;s surrender. He also explores the colossal failure of AIG, one of the greatest corporate collapses in business history.<BR><BR>First published exclusively as an ebook&#151;and now also available in print&#151;this updated and expanded edition features a new preface by the author and three new Knowledge@Wharton interviews with Laurence Golborne, Chile&#8217;s Minister of Mining, on leading the rescue operation of 33 miners trapped in the San Jos&#233;eacute; Mine; Joseph Pfeifer, New York City Fire Department&#8217;s Chief of Counterterrorism and Emergency Preparedness, on being the first Battalion Chief to take command at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001; and the author on why he wrote The Leader&#8217;s Checklist and what he has learned about the most vital items on the checklist from his recent leadership development work with more than a dozen companies and organizations.<BR></div>

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