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Leadership moments from NASA, achieving the impossible, Dr. Dave Williams and Elizabeth Howell, PhD

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-299) and index

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Leadership moments from NASA

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Dr. Dave Williams and Elizabeth Howell, PhD

achieving the impossible

"Filled with exclusive interviews with the big names in the Canadian space agency, including Chris Hadfield and Marc Garneau, Elizabeth Howell showcases how Canada's space program is making it big in international space exploration. Space exploration is as much a story of leadership and teamwork as it is a story of exploration and discovery. Leadership Moments from NASA delves into the organizational culture, leadership styles, and insights of NASA senior executives spanning five decades of human spaceflight, to share the lessons they learned from critical moments where they took on seemingly insurmountable challenges. How did they prioritize? How did they resolve differences? How did they decide what to do when no one had done it before? How did they build highly competent teams? How did they build organizational resilience? How did they decide what to do when no one had done it before? How did they build highly competent teams? How did they build organizational resilience? How did they fight complacency and rebuild a culture of safety and innovation? Through interviews with famous leaders such as Apollo's Gene Kranz, the first Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission's Joe Rothenberg, "astronaut maker" George Abbey, and former NASA Administrator Dan Goldin, this book shows how NASA recovered from tragedy and adversity, and how it developed a culture of competency that continues to attract the best and brightest"--, Provided by publisher

Introduction -- The sound that changed the world -- Inventing the future -- Taking on the impossible -- Failure of imagination -- What do the numbers say? -- Should we land or should we abort? -- They're in space again? -- Failure is not an option -- Been there, done that, what's next? -- Normalizing deviance -- Rebuilding the safety culture -- What can we afford? -- Faster, better, cheaper -- A weekend in Reston -- Working together -- Permanent presence -- When the smoke clears -- Ultimate trust and teamwork -- Become a listener -- That didn't work. What's next? -- Try, try again -- Searching for solutions -- The NASA way -- Afterword -- Appendix: Synthesis group report

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