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Michael Useem
The Leader's Checklist
16 Mission-Critical Principles
Wharton School Press, 2021
What's inside?
Effective leaders rely on checklists to structure their time, their teamwork and their goals.
Recommendation
American International Group (AIG) was a major corporation until the 2007 financial crisis. By 2008, it faced the “largest annual shortfall in corporate history.” But, AIG’s dramatic collapse didn’t have to happen. Author Michael Useem believes that if its leaders had relied on comprehensive checklists, they would’ve been on top of AIG’s plight, and the government probably wouldn’t have needed to rescue it. In his bestseller’s 10th-anniversary edition, he offers excellent stories and helpful insights for preparing for the future while staying focused and organized. Useem advocates using checklists, so you know what you need to do, and he warns that both action and inaction have consequences.
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About the Author
Michael Useem is a professor of management and the faculty director of the Center for Leadership and Change Management and the McNulty Leadership Program at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He is also the author of The Leadership Moment: Nine True Stories of Triumph and Disaster and Their Lessons for Us All, Leading Up: Managing Your Boss So You Both Win, The Edge: How Ten CEOs Learned to Lead – and the Lessons for Us All, and The Go Point: When It’s Time to Decide – Knowing What to Do and When to Do It.
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