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What And When To Decide?
The Go Point

The Go Point

Book Review - Top Pick!

Have you heard about The Go Point?

Everyone faces those times we refer to as key moments of decision; moments that may very well change a persons life in some monumental way. Only you hold the key to the final outcome and the real question is, are you up to the challenge?

Within the pages of this book, you are taken inside the mind and the heart of leaders who have faced a critical moment of decision. From their unique perspective and their varied levels of experience, you are afforded the opportunity to observe and learn.

The Go Point was created based on more than a hundred insightful interviews of leaders who make critical decisions on a routine basis.

It’s obvious to anyone who is paying attention to the subject of leadership and decision making that it’s always preferable to make the best possible decisions for ourselves and on behalf of our team. Good decisions create good results. Good decisions create wealth. Good decisions create happiness. Good decisions create a great future.

However, no matter how much one prepares, or how careful you are to be diligent
in your gathering of information and facts – ultimately every decision comes down to that one point in time, The Go Point.

Good decision making is both science and art. While there are definitely some helpful models and templates available by which one can strategically make decisions, it’s never full proof. Therefore, experience does count. Your ability to see past the issue that is presented to you and get down to the future impact of your present decision takes experience and discipline.

On a personal note, I have learned over time that if I absolutely must make a decision on the spot, because time is in too limited of a supply, then, my answer is “No.”

Why say no, you might ask? The reason for saying “no” is because the risk is too high to make a critical decision without the ability to gather the necessary information. In most cases, the risk will far outweigh the opportunity cost that may also be present by not acting at all.

The Go Point does a fantastic job of pointing out the importance of experience, while also providing decision templates, based on principles and tools you can use right away.

Today’s leaders need to read this book and to share it with their management team members to build and support a more disciplined and profitable organization. Learning how to make quality decisions regardless of the situation, is a skill all leaders should seek to develop.

"One size does not fit all in templates any more than it does in suits or shoes. To be truly useful, a decision template should be generic enough to apply to many situations, yet specific enough to provide real quidance with real-life choices"
- Excerpt from The Go Point

Mr. Useem takes his readers through the delicate subject of decision making by offering highly important chapters in The Go Point that include the following:

  • In The Heat Of The Moment
  • Getting Into The Decision Game
  • Using The Net
  • Seeing Ahead
  • Making Decisions
  • Transcending Personal Profit
  • Unforced Errors

Expert leaders in a wide variety of fields are praising The Go Point as an essential book on the subject of making quality decisions.

"Michael Useem… spells out in plain English the consequences of making hard and fast decisions when they matter most and impact teams of people. There are plenty of books on leadership, but few that explain how to take a team from one place to the next. This is one of the best.”
- Maria Bartiromo, journalist and CNBC anchor

"How does any leader know what to do and when to do it? Here Michael Useem, one of American’s foremost thinkers about leadership, unravels that mystery in a fast-paced, well-written, and unforgettable book.”
- David Gergen, professor of public service, director, Center for Public Leadership, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

We encourage our readers to add this book to their personal leadership library.


Michael Useem, the author of The Leadership Moment, is a management professor at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. In addition, he is the director of its Center For Leadership and Change Management.

Professor Useem make a point of taking his students to the very ends of the earth – the Antarctic, the Andes, and the Himalayas – to learn about their personal and professional “go points”.

For more information and ideas about The Go Point, visit http://TheGoPoint.com.

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