• How to master the art and science of being decisive when the consequences are big
• The capabilities required for making good and timely decisions
• The importance of building a network of trusted counselors and considering the future when making important decisions
• Through a diverse group of stories what was in the heads of a diverse group of leaders at their moment of truth and revealing how they made decisions when the stakes were high
• The lessons leaders can apply to their own situations when analyzing the outcomes of their own decisions

Michael Useem is the Director of the Center of Leadership and Change and a professor of Management at the Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of several books on leadership and decision making including his latest best seller, The Go-Point: When It's Time to Decide. His other books include The Leadership Moment: Nine True Stories of Triumph and Disaster and Their Lessons for Us All, How to Lead Your Boss So You Both Win, and Upward Bound: Nine Original Accounts of How Business Leaders Reached Their Summits. Professor Useem has consulted with a wide range of companies and government agencies on four continents including Bell Atlantic, Hewlett-Packard, Merrill Lynch, and the United Nations. Each year he organizes a leadership trek to Mount Everest for graduates of Wharton's MBA program designed to bring participants into a setting where they can learn from the experiences of others whose leadership was on the line.