Tough Calls from the Corner Office: Top Business Leaders Reveal Their

What if you could have private conversations with some of the best CEOs and business leaders in the country?
What if you could sit down with them and discuss the most important decisions of their careers, the moments that made them who they are, that pushed their companies to the pinnacle of success, and that created their legacies? Imagine what you would learn: the lessons, principles, strategies, ideas, and solutions to all the business issues one could encounter in a lifetime.
In DEFINING MOMENTS, Harlan Steinbaum, a former CEO himself, has done just that and reached out to these men and women, some of the most successful business people in the country. The amazing results are found in this book: a treasure trove of rich business wisdom, stories of tough decisions and hard victories won, and lessons from a lifetime of achievement in the world of business.
Intuitively organized around the classic arc of a successful businessperson's career-from early key career choices to important decisions and risks and opportunities encountered to critical management tasks to final leave-taking from the world of work-this highly readable book features interviews with such executives as:
Danny Meyer, Union Square Hospitality Group
Gerald Greenwald, United Airlines, Chrysler Corporation
Bill Rasmussen, ESPN
Maxine Clark, Build-A-Bear Workshop
Jack C. Taylor, Enterprise Rent-A-Car
Monty Hall, "Let's Make a Deal"
Reginald Brack, Time, Inc.
Shelly Lazarus, Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide
Albert E. Suter, Emerson Electric Company, Whirlpool Corporation,
James Nixon, Whitman's Chocolate Company
Ron Shaich, Panera Bread Company
Frederic V. Salerno, Verizon, New York Telephone Company
Tachi Yamada, Global Health Program of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Given unprecedented access to the top echelon of business minds, Steinbaum invites readers to sit down with them, listen to their stories in their own words, absorb their wisdom, and learn. In a time when many people are finding themselves on the brink of their defining moments, this book will reach a ready and eager audience searching for inspiration and the confidence to believe that tough decisions can be the first step to extraordinary success.