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The Leadership Moment

by Michael Useem

Are you ready for the leadership moment? 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. - Publisher.

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  1. Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
  2. Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
  3. What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
  4. If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
  5. Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?