Author Profile:
MICHAEL USEEM is director of the Center for Leadership and Change Management and William and Jacalyn Egan Professor of Management at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of The Leadership Moment, Investor Capitalism, and The Go Point, among other books. The Leadership Moment was included in The 100 Best Business Books of All Time, written by the publishers of 800-CEO-READ, and it was listed as one of the ten best leadership books on the Washington Post's "Leadership Playlist." Useem's articles have appeared in the Chicago Tribune, Fast Company, Financial Times, Fortune, Harvard Business Review, McKinsey Quarterly, The New York Times, U.S. News & World Report, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, and elsewhere.
Useem has presented programs and seminars on leadership development with American Express, China Minsheng Banking Corporation, Citigroup, Coca-Cola, Comcast, Eli Lilly, Estée Lauder, Fidelity Investments, GlaxoSmithKline, Goldman Sachs, Google, Grupo Santander, Hewlett-Packard, Intel, Johnson & Johnson, Microsoft, Morgan Stanley, Motorola, the National Football League, the New York City Fire Department, The New York Times Company, Nokia, Pew Charitable Trusts, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Samsung, the UN Development Programme, the U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, the U.S. Marine Corps, the U.S. Military Academy, the World Economic Forum, and other organizations.
The Leader's Checklist, Expanded
Edition
by Michael Useem
In this expanded version of 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. In this brand new, expanded version, Useem presents more resources and insights for leaders looking to be more successful and effective.
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.
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.
© 2011 by Michael Useem
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First edition published June
2011
Expanded second edition published September 2011
Ebook ISBN: 978-1-61363-006-8
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-61363-005-1
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