“The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates”

Wes Moore knows that being a leader—both in your personal life and in the business world—comes down to one thing: personal responsibility. Drawing on his experiences as a leader in the public and private sectors and in the military, Moore explains that embracing your own personal responsibility—and holding yourself accountable for your choices—is a quality that makes great transformational leaders: leaders who create a vision, then inspire and empower those around them to execute that vision.

Moore’s first book, “The Other Wes Moore,” tells the tale of two kids with the same name living in the same decaying city. One grew up to be a Rhodes Scholar and White House Fellow after serving in the prestigious 82nd Airborne Division of the U.S. Army. The other is currently serving a life sentence for killing a police officer during an armed robbery. Burning with curiosity as to why he and the other Wes were so radically different, Moore investigated the man with the same name. The result was an instant New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller that explore the question, “What draws the line between success and failure in our communities?”

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