In Bloomington, Indiana, an infant with serious birth defects is allowed to die without surgery. In Long Island, New York, the White House tries to stop Baby Jane Doe from suffering a similar fate. Thousands of handicapped babies are born each year. Should all of their lives be saved? What if the child were your own. . .

In the pages of this rich and detailed narrative, whose characters include the field's leading scientists as well as key patients and their families, the Pulitzer Prize-winning authors tell the story of the race to be the first to do gene therapy (a feat almost certain to garner a Nobel Prize and a place in medical history), uncovering the behind-the-scenes machinations and rivalries among the prima-donna researchers at some of the world's leading medical centers, including the National Institutes of Health. They also reveal the details of the initial human experiments in gene transfer and the agonizing decisions faced by the families of the first children to be submitted to the therapy.As Daniel Kevles observed in the New York Times Book Review, "Mr. Lyon and Mr. Gorner are highly knowledgeable about the state of human and medical genetics, and their treatment of both the science and its practitioners is vivid, accessible, and . . . gripping."

Middle management is hard, and if you''re a middle manager, you already know that and you may be searching for all the help you can get to become more effective and successful in that role... in other words, to become an Exceptional Middle Manager.

Are you striving to develop your management skills, to become exceptional at building high performing teams, developing strategies and setting goals, managing and coaching the people who report to you, managing vendors and suppliers, managing programs and projects, conducting presentations to senior executives, all while advancing your own career? If so, this is the book for you.

By focusing each chapter on a specific business challenge, Jeff gives you the confidence to know exactly what to do and when to do it (rather than delivering clever theories, models and checklists that don''t seem to apply in your day-to-day reality).   

As your mentor and corporate trail guide, Jeff will teach you:

 How to think smarter... as you deal with the challenging circumstances that all middle managers face today How to build high-performance teams... in the midst of corporate downsizing and The Great Resignation How to advance your career in today''s workplace... while landing positions that are both rewarding and personally fulfilling. 

In Bloomington, Indiana, an infant with serious birth defects is allowed to die without surgery. In Long Island, New York, the White House tries to stop Baby Jane Doe from suffering a similar fate. Thousands of handicapped babies are born each year. Should all of their lives be saved? What if the child were your own. . .

In the pages of this rich and detailed narrative, whose characters include the field's leading scientists as well as key patients and their families, the Pulitzer Prize-winning authors tell the story of the race to be the first to do gene therapy (a feat almost certain to garner a Nobel Prize and a place in medical history), uncovering the behind-the-scenes machinations and rivalries among the prima-donna researchers at some of the world's leading medical centers, including the National Institutes of Health. They also reveal the details of the initial human experiments in gene transfer and the agonizing decisions faced by the families of the first children to be submitted to the therapy.As Daniel Kevles observed in the New York Times Book Review, "Mr. Lyon and Mr. Gorner are highly knowledgeable about the state of human and medical genetics, and their treatment of both the science and its practitioners is vivid, accessible, and . . . gripping."

Middle management is hard, and if you''re a middle manager, you already know that and you may be searching for all the help you can get to become more effective and successful in that role... in other words, to become an Exceptional Middle Manager.

Are you striving to develop your management skills, to become exceptional at building high performing teams, developing strategies and setting goals, managing and coaching the people who report to you, managing vendors and suppliers, managing programs and projects, conducting presentations to senior executives, all while advancing your own career? If so, this is the book for you.

By focusing each chapter on a specific business challenge, Jeff gives you the confidence to know exactly what to do and when to do it (rather than delivering clever theories, models and checklists that don''t seem to apply in your day-to-day reality).   

As your mentor and corporate trail guide, Jeff will teach you:

 How to think smarter... as you deal with the challenging circumstances that all middle managers face today How to build high-performance teams... in the midst of corporate downsizing and The Great Resignation How to advance your career in today''s workplace... while landing positions that are both rewarding and personally fulfilling.