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Leading Up

Managing Your Boss So You Both Win

by Michael Useem ...

Eight true stories show that Leaders today aren’t just bosses, they’re self-starters who take charge even when they haven’t been given a charge. Upward leaders get results by helping their superiors lead. They make sure that good ideas don’t die on the vine because a boss’s understanding doesn’t reach down deep enough into the organization. Upward leadership assures that advice arrives from all ... Read more

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Eight true stories show that Leaders today aren’t just bosses, they’re self-starters who take charge even when they haven’t been given a charge. Upward leaders get results by helping their superiors lead. They make sure that good ideas don’t die on the vine because a boss’s understanding doesn’t reach down deep enough into the organization. Upward leadership assures that advice arrives from all
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The Leadership Moment

Nine True Stories of Triumph and Disaster and Their Lessons for Us All

by Michael Useem ...

Are you ready for the leadership moment?“Gripping adventure and actionable advice.”—Fast CompanyMerck’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 ... Read more

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Are you ready for the leadership moment?“Gripping adventure and actionable advice.”—Fast CompanyMerck’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
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The India Way

How India's Top Business Leaders Are Revolutionizing Management

by Peter Cappelli, Harbir Singh, Jitendra Singh, Michael Useem ...

Exploding growth. Soaring investment. Incoming talent waves. India's top companies are scoring remarkable successes on these fronts - and more.How? Instead of adopting management practices that dominate Western businesses, they're applying fresh practices of their ownin strategy, leadership, talent, and organizational culture.In The India Way, the Wharton School India Team unveils these companies' ... Read more

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Exploding growth. Soaring investment. Incoming talent waves. India's top companies are scoring remarkable successes on these fronts - and more.How? Instead of adopting management practices that dominate Western businesses, they're applying fresh practices of their ownin strategy, leadership, talent, and organizational culture.In The India Way, the Wharton School India Team unveils these companies'
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Upward Bound

Nine Original Accounts of How Business Leaders Reached Their Summits

by Michael Useem, Jerry Useem, Paul Asel ...

Your team has faltered at a critical moment. A key member says he can’t continue, requiring you to make a snap decision: Do you write him off? Or do you risk the whole venture by trying to get him back on his feet?It could be a scenario straight from the business world.Yet this one occurred high on the slopes of the world’s deadliest mountain, K2, where lives, not just livelihoods, depended on the ... Read more

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Your team has faltered at a critical moment. A key member says he can’t continue, requiring you to make a snap decision: Do you write him off? Or do you risk the whole venture by trying to get him back on his feet?It could be a scenario straight from the business world.Yet this one occurred high on the slopes of the world’s deadliest mountain, K2, where lives, not just livelihoods, depended on the
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The Leader's Checklist, 10th Anniversary Edition

16 Mission-Critical Principles

by Michael Useem ...

Envision this scenario: An industrial manufacturer is breaking itself in three, and its board chair asks you, the chief financial officer, to step up to the helm of one of the spin-offs. You will take charge of everything, from plant operations and product marketing to human resources and governance practices. Are you ready to lead?In The Leader's Checklist, 10th Anniversary Edition: 16 Mission ... Read more

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Envision this scenario: An industrial manufacturer is breaking itself in three, and its board chair asks you, the chief financial officer, to step up to the helm of one of the spin-offs. You will take charge of everything, from plant operations and product marketing to human resources and governance practices. Are you ready to lead?In The Leader's Checklist, 10th Anniversary Edition: 16 Mission
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Harvard Business Review Board Member's Handbook

How to Win Your Seat, Build Value, and Lead with Impact

by Dennis Carey, Michael Useem, Maggie Wilderotter ...

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Become the best board member you can be—and build a high-performing board around you.Boards have become increasingly vital in an era of uncertainty, transformation, and investor activism—and you feel the calling to serve. You're ready to share your expertise and judgment with the executive team, work with the rest of the board, and lead your organization to sustained success. But the skills and ... Read more

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Become the best board member you can be—and build a high-performing board around you.Boards have become increasingly vital in an era of uncertainty, transformation, and investor activism—and you feel the calling to serve. You're ready to share your expertise and judgment with the executive team, work with the rest of the board, and lead your organization to sustained success. But the skills and
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Resolute Japan

The Leaders Forging a Corporate Resurgence

by Jusuke JJ Ikegami, Harbir Singh, Michael Useem ...

Discover how Japan’s new leadership model has transformed its top companies and created a new paradigm for business successIn Resolute Japan, Waseda University’s Jusuke J. J. Ikegami and the Wharton School’s Harbir Singh and Michael Useem reveal a new leadership model that has led Japan’s corporations to make a stunning comeback. In the process, they share what they have learned from interviews ... Read more

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Discover how Japan’s new leadership model has transformed its top companies and created a new paradigm for business successIn Resolute Japan, Waseda University’s Jusuke J. J. Ikegami and the Wharton School’s Harbir Singh and Michael Useem reveal a new leadership model that has led Japan’s corporations to make a stunning comeback. In the process, they share what they have learned from interviews
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The Go Point

How to Get Off the Fence by Knowing What to Do and When to Do It

by Michael Useem ...

The Go Point—the moment of truth when you have to say “yes” or “no” when it’s time to get off the fence.Michael Useem—through dramatic storytelling—shows how to master the art and science of being decisive. He places you smack in the middle of people facing their go point, where actions—or lack of them—determined the fates of individuals, companies, and countries.• Why on earth did Robert E. Lee ... Read more

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The Go Point—the moment of truth when you have to say “yes” or “no” when it’s time to get off the fence.Michael Useem—through dramatic storytelling—shows how to master the art and science of being decisive. He places you smack in the middle of people facing their go point, where actions—or lack of them—determined the fates of individuals, companies, and countries.• Why on earth did Robert E. Lee
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The Strategic Leader's Roadmap, Revised and Updated Edition

6 Steps for Integrating Leadership and Strategy

by Harbir Singh, Michael Useem ...

**"The Strategic Leader's Roadmap provides an essential playbook for combining business strategy with great leadership."—William P. Lauder, Executive Chairman, The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.In The Strategic Leader's Roadmap, Updated and Revised Edition: 6 Steps for Integrating Leadership and Strategy, Wharton management professors Harbir Singh and Michael Useem offer a six-point checklist for ... Read more

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**"The Strategic Leader's Roadmap provides an essential playbook for combining business strategy with great leadership."—William P. Lauder, Executive Chairman, The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.In The Strategic Leader's Roadmap, Updated and Revised Edition: 6 Steps for Integrating Leadership and Strategy, Wharton management professors Harbir Singh and Michael Useem offer a six-point checklist for
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The Edge

How Ten CEOs Learned to Lead--And the Lessons for Us All

by Michael Useem ...

“If you’re not living on the edge, you’re taking up too much space.” —Jim Whittaker, first American to climb Mt. EverestA leader’s job—in a radically changing world—is standing on the cliff edge, getting a grip on unfamiliar landscapes, and acquiring the skills for leading the enterprise into new territory. In a world facing the unprecedented challenges of global pandemic and economic distruption, ... Read more

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“If you’re not living on the edge, you’re taking up too much space.” —Jim Whittaker, first American to climb Mt. EverestA leader’s job—in a radically changing world—is standing on the cliff edge, getting a grip on unfamiliar landscapes, and acquiring the skills for leading the enterprise into new territory. In a world facing the unprecedented challenges of global pandemic and economic distruption,
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Mastering Catastrophic Risk

How Companies Are Coping with Disruption

by Howard Kunreuther, Michael Useem ...

A profound and insightful look at how company leaders prepare for and respond to shocks and crises that threaten their business. Successful firms strategically manage and are more accurate in their assessment of large-scale risks. Doing so is increasingly challenging given the pace of change, whether financial, technological, regulatory, or environmental. Mastering Catastrophic Risk provides real ... Read more

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A profound and insightful look at how company leaders prepare for and respond to shocks and crises that threaten their business. Successful firms strategically manage and are more accurate in their assessment of large-scale risks. Doing so is increasingly challenging given the pace of change, whether financial, technological, regulatory, or environmental. Mastering Catastrophic Risk provides real
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Go Long

Why Long-Term Thinking Is Your Best Short-Term Strategy

by Dennis Carey, Brian Dumaine, Michael Useem, Rodney Zemmel ...

***800-CEO-READ BESTSELLERFeatured in* Fortune, Harvard Business Review, and Entrepreneur, Go Long is "mandatory reading for the CEOs and boards of all public companies," according to David M. Rubenstein, co-founder and co-executive chairman of The Carlyle Group.**The lifespans of companies are growing shorter each day. Why do some companies thrive and grow, while others fail?Inspired by the CEO ... Read more

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***800-CEO-READ BESTSELLERFeatured in* Fortune, Harvard Business Review, and Entrepreneur, Go Long is "mandatory reading for the CEOs and boards of all public companies," according to David M. Rubenstein, co-founder and co-executive chairman of The Carlyle Group.**The lifespans of companies are growing shorter each day. Why do some companies thrive and grow, while others fail?Inspired by the CEO
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