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The book fulfilled my expectations.The author appeared in the book as a narrator. I did enjoy the book because it expanded my mind when it comes to leadership.It was on par and better in some ways that other books in this genre.I was pulled into the book.
The author’s presence was very fitting and appropriate.The themes are business, leadership. They were the focal point of the book.It ended exactly how I expected.
 
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audraelizabeth | Aug 28, 2019 |
The art of being decisive is one of the most daunting skills an individual can acquire.

Some decisions require split-second reactions; others are made with the “luxury” of consideration. Both types often carry awesome implications for careers, organizations or families.

Michael Useem, a management professor at the Wharton School, dissects this moment of truth, the moment when you have to say “yes” or “no” in his book The Go Point. Using vivid narratives he places the reader in the middle of people facing critical decisions. People, whose action or lack thereof, will have profound implications.

Readers find themselves enveloped:
• With Robert E. Lee as he orders his General George picket to make an almost suicidal charge against the Union lines in Gettysburg.
• On the face of a mountain with the leader of a firefighting crew making life-or-death decisions without critical information about weather patterns.
• In the office of a newly appointed head of a scandal-wracked corporation tottering on the brink of disaster.

Using decision templates rooted in tangible experiences accompanied by decision tools Useem analyzes these difficult moments. Out of his discussion emerges sound advice for spanning the “knowing-doing gap.”

Well-written and deceptive in its simplicity, this is one of the finest and most practical books the Pointed Pundit has read on decision making.

Don’t hesitate; go read it.

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November 21, 2006
9:53:25 AM
… (més)
 
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PointedPundit | Mar 23, 2008 |
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The Himalayas are one of nature's most demanding classrooms, but they can teach us important principles about taking charge of our followers--and our own egos. In this article, Wharton professor Michael Useem recounts the experiences of MBA graduates and midcareer executives who took part in a leadership program on the lower slopes of Mount Everest. Conceived to heighten participants' appreciation of what leadership is all about, the program transforms abstract concepts into practice: Not only do people learn from the historical expeditions of others, they also gain insights from their own unfolding experiences. Through hiking some 80 miles over rough terrain, the participants learned about their own limitations--one CEO grappled with the decision to turn back when others feared the altitude had become too much for him--and about the value of communication: what to do when several team members are unaccounted for as night falls. The team also learned from those they met along the path to Everest's base camp. They benefited from rare encounters, such as a private audience with the reincarnate lama, the spiritual leader for the region's largely Buddhist population, and a discussion with a passing hiker who had been part of the harrowing Everest expedition described in the best-seller Into Thin Air. During the journey, four essential principles emerged: Leaders should be led by the group's needs; inaction can sometimes be the most difficult--but wisest--action; if your words don't stick, you haven't spoken; and leading upward can feel wrong even when it's right. Through compelling stories of the trekkers' triumphs and miscalculations, the author sheds new light on several central management principles.… (més)
 
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curiousl | May 15, 2006 |
I included this book in my book: The 100 Best Business Books of All Time. www.100bestbiz.com.
Aquesta ressenya té una marca de diversos autors com a abús dels termes del servei i per això ja no es mostra (mostra-la).
 
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toddsattersten | May 8, 2009 |

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