The Leader's Checklist: 15 Mission-Critical Principles

by Michael Useem
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Publish Date: June 20, 2011
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From the award-winning author of The Leadership Moment comes a definitive checklist to help today's leaders act decisively when it counts the most.

In this fast-reading and illuminating book, world-renowned leadership expert Michael Useem provides 15 guiding principles that form the core of the Leader's Checklist. He helps you to personalize your checklist to the unique needs and demands of your organization. To demonstrate the power of the Leader's Checklist, Useem examines accounts of extraordinary leadership, including the triumphant rescue of 33 miners in Chile.

Based on solid research and years of leadership development work with a wide array of companies and organizations in the United States and abroad, The Leader's Checklist will help you develop your ability to make good and timely decisions in unpredictable and stressful environments--for those moments when leadership really matters.

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Michael Useem

Michael Useem, the author of The Leadership Moment, is the William and Jacalyn Egan Professor of Management at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, as well as the director of its Center for Leadership and Change Management. Professor Useem takes his students to the ends of the world ' the Antarctic, the Andes, and the Himalayas ' to learn about their personal and professional go points. Professor Useem earned his doctorate at Harvard University and has published widely, including in the Financial Times, Harvard Business Review, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Fortune, and Fast Company. He is also the editor of the Wharton Leadership Digest and lives in Marion Station, Pennsylvania.

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