The minutes and hours following 11th September terror attacks on the World Trade Center posed the greatest challenge to governance in New York City's history. Mayor Rudoph Guiliani had barely escaped with his life in the collapse of the first tower. And yet in those moments after the calamity, and in the following days and months, Mayor Guiliani not only steered the city through the crisis, but did so with an assurance and authority that was hailed around the world as a model of courageous leadership. In this book, Guiliani describes vividly the chaos and horror of the twin-towers catastrophe, and explains how the rules of management he enforced as Mayor enabled him to gain control of the emergency. These are also the rules, that anyone in a leadership position can use to inspire others and achieve concrete results.
The minutes and hours following 11th September terror attacks on the World
Trade Center posed the greatest challenge to governance in New York City's
history. Mayor Rudoph Guiliani had barely escaped with his life in the
collapse of the first tower. And yet in those moments after the calamity,
and in the following days and months, Mayor Guiliani not only steered the
city through the crisis, but did so with an assurance and authority that
was hailed around the world as a model of courageous leadership. In this
book, Guiliani describes vividly the chaos and horror of the twin-towers
catastrophe, and explains how the rules of management he enforced as Mayor
enabled him to gain control of the emergency. These are also the rules,
that anyone in a leadership position can use to inspire others and achieve
concrete results.
