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The Instant Survivor

Right Ways to Respond When Things Go Wrong

by Jim Moorhead

Greenleaf Book Group, 2012

Category: Career & Self-Development

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The Instant Survivor
How to survive and thrive when faced with a crisis

In this summary, you will learn

  • How to apply methods from corporate crisis management to personal as well as professional crises
  • How to identify and respond to “soft” and “hard” personal crises
  • How to use audits to prepare for and mitigate future calamities

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Why you should read The Instant Survivor

Every day at work, millions of people face personal or professional crises. Companies must deal with employees who are sick, broke or in distress, and the employees themselves must get through hard times. Part self-help book, part business book, this useful manual shows you a four-step system for surviving a major problem by “staying frosty, securing support, standing tall” and “saving your future.” Corporate crisis management expert Jim Moorhead draws on his personal experience and includes many heartbreaking examples from survivors of a range of calamities. He covers people who’ve made it through divorce, cancer and drug addiction. As a second theme, though it might be a small stretch, he cites useful experiences from companies faced with corporate emergencies like product recalls and public relations disasters. getAbstract recommends this practical guidebook to a wide audience: employees facing personal trials, HR managers and line managers supervising workers in crises, and executives facing corporate problems.

About the Author

Jim Moorhead lost a statewide election, and his employer – a fiber optics company – collapsed in the dot-com bust. He now coaches businesspeople and political candidates on managing personal and professional crises, and he comments on crisis management for major TV networks.

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  1. May 2, 2013 gillian herrera
    This is truly a very good article to prepare for future upcomings
  2. April 30, 2013 Jose Mendez
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  3. April 30, 2013 Gretchen Paraiso
    well it is great
  4. March 21, 2013 Scott Steele
    I would summarize this summary very simply: Have a risk management plan and make sure you've identified all of your risks so that the plan is effective.
  5. March 14, 2013 john sullivan
    Very nice. Quick and deep. The quotes on the side provide an effective take on the text
  6. February 20, 2013 Audie Jose
    Very applicable both for business and personal life. Clear easy to follow suggestions.
  7. February 2, 2013 JOSE EDUARDO NUÑEZ DURAN
    Great concepts. The summary makes you think about yourself instantly. Easy to highlight, underline, and save in a PDF format.
  8. January 27, 2013 Marshall Hobart
    Thank you! How strangely relevant. Several points were not fully with me - yet. I made notes and stuff . . . I will get in order.
    I appreciate being able to read the material so instantly. Thank you again, Marshall Hobart
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  10. January 10, 2013 Abubakar Girei
    The book really tried to highlight spurious crisis any good organization needs to tackle for it to achieve total Quality management and staff performance.
  11. January 1, 2013 Joni Mann
    This is a good book for beginners. Focusing on the solution instead of the cause of the problem are so very common. This book may avert many from mistakes. Thank you.
  12. December 30, 2012 Philip Nolis
    has inspired me to get hold of the book
  13. December 30, 2012 Philip Nolis
    very good for young leaders of tommorrow
  14. December 27, 2012 Baba Abdulai
    Great!
  15. November 29, 2012 Obiefoka Aniedu
    This is a must read for young and up-coming managers. It focuses on the realities on ground before taking a decision.
  16. November 23, 2012 Reuben Ngobeni
    I have never read a book that covers almost all aspect of a person's life like this one.Its a must have for me.
  17. October 27, 2012 Vladislav Makarov
    It's really strange but I'm not able to make highlights and strikeout at the summary page. I have tried in 3 different browser. Really strange .
    1. October 27, 2012 Vladislav Makarov
      and also I'm not able to make comments in full screen mode. is it also software bug?
    2. November 1, 2012 Ruben Mezas
      Vladislav, yes, there is a identified bug when highlighting and strikeout at the summary. We are working on the fix, we let you know once the fix gets released.
  18. October 24, 2012 Jim McSpiritt
    I WAS able to get this to work by bypassing Chrome and using IE
  19. October 24, 2012 Jim McSpiritt
    Unable to get either the PDF or Kindle versions to work.
  20. August 29, 2012 Richard Mccurdy
    wish I could share this with my sister as she is always in crisis mode.
  21. July 31, 2012 Umar Aliyu
    very insightful. umar aliyu
  22. June 21, 2012 kate culligan
    I love this book. The biggest mistake business leaders make in crisis is they often disappear. This is bad for their "brand" and doesn't help them to gather support or the information they need to dig out of the hole.
  23. June 19, 2012 Mpumelelo Xhorile
    For every person in management level would benefit a great information by reading the book
  24. June 17, 2012 Eleanore Dalde
    inspiring. thanks
  25. June 10, 2012 Sanjay Sudhakaran
    Some insights to keep handy anytime....and applicable in daily life. Good combination of brain and intellectual. Kudos .
  26. May 31, 2012 Yasmin Chowdhury
    find it very useful.
  27. May 15, 2012 Arthur Mapanga
    this book seems promising
  28. May 5, 2012 Marge Stickel
    Condensed well. Easy step by step summary which can be immediately applied.
  29. May 1, 2012 Vikram Velamuri
    Super Write!!!
  30. April 27, 2012 Nilesh Kumar
    So Useful and Compact !
  31. April 19, 2012 Douglas Wachira
    Thanks for the insights. I have learned them the hard way and so not new to me.

    This is very good for someone who wants to excel but gets held back by how they handle a crisis.
  32. April 19, 2012 CHARLES BROWN
    short but some good insights... much of it is common sense if you can think along those lines.
  33. April 15, 2012 girma biftu
    It is good and fine though, short.
  34. April 12, 2012 amitabha sengupta
    I have skepticism about such instant solution books, and the summary did nothing to convert me to a believer. Overcoming a crisis requires resolve and sudden insights and a burning desire for turnaround, and I am not sure how a prescription in a book can facilitate that process , as if by magic. However, I shall still be curious and would look out for the book to check on the ability of the author to really catalyze the transformation process in the lives of individuals or organizations.
    1. June 10, 2012 Sanjay Sudhakaran
      Well said.
  35. April 3, 2012 Hamza Shalmani
    I think the summary has influenced me alot thanks to getAbstract.com.This book is great and one realizes how to handle things when they sometimes go wrong or totally in a different situation.!
    1. April 12, 2012 Myriam Chavez
      absolutly correct specially in personal matters
      Myriam B - 12 april2012

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