The account of the disaster on Mount Everest in 1996, as presented by Jon Krakauer in his novel Into Thin Air, is a perfect example of the different types of leadership and how even when least expected things can go wrong. This novel discusses the essentials of leadership, the process that was inv...

The speaker's words silenced the audience as he began, "On the night of May 10, 1996 a blizzard swept over Mount Everest, striking more than thirty mountain climbers with heavy snow, subzero temperatures, and unbelievably strong winds. In the next twenty-four hours, eight of the climbers, including...