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From Crisis to Calling
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From Crisis to Calling

Finding Your Moral Center in the Toughest Decisions

Sasha Chanoff and David Chanoff
Berrett-Koehler, 2016

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Recommendation

Difficult situations, or “crucibles,” shape leaders’ values and priorities. Refugee aid organization founder Sasha Chanoff and his father, experienced author David Chanoff, offer a detailed account of the crucible that tested Sasha’s fortitude. As an aid worker, he tried to help people amid violence in the Congo after the genocide in Rwanda. The authors present a gripping narrative about Sasha’s difficult time in a Congolese camp for Tutsi refugees – and of his later work starting a refugee aid organization. getAbstract recommends this searching memoir to businesspeople interested in examples of how difficult circumstances forge exemplary leaders.

Take-Aways

  • “Crucible moments” that require fast, difficult and selfless decisions forge great leaders.
  • Leaders must inspire values and be consistent in applying them , personally and professionally.
  • Success often depends on moral leadership.

About the Authors

Sasha Chanoff is co-founder and the award-winning executive director of RefugePoint, a humanitarian organization that seeks lasting solutions for refugees. His father David Chanoff wrote or co-wrote 19 books, and has written for The New York Times Magazine, The Washington Post, American Scholar and the American Journal of Education.

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