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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.
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, and
- How to use audits to prepare for and mitigate future calamities.
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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3 years agoExperienced people (whether good or bad) can speak from experience and we should listen. They have a story and we can learn by listening. Thanks.
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5 years agoNothing new in this book.
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5 years agoGood summary, easy to read and catching all important points of the book!
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5 years agogoog......
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5 years agoThe book really tried to highlight spurious crisis any good organization needs to tackle for it to achieve total Quality management and staff performance.
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5 years agovery fine
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5 years agogood.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.
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5 years agoGood summary of what appears to be a truly horrible book.
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5 years agogood
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6 years agoThis is truly a very good article to prepare for future upcomings
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6 years agoIT WAS BASICALLY IMPOSIBLE TO DOWNLOAD...AT THE SAME TIME I WAS DOWNLOADING OTHERS SUPPLIERS SAMPLES AND THEIRS WORKED FINE...
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6 years agowell it is great
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6 years agoI 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.
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6 years agoVery nice. Quick and deep. The quotes on the side provide an effective take on the text
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6 years agoVery applicable both for business and personal life. Clear easy to follow suggestions.
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6 years agoGreat concepts. The summary makes you think about yourself instantly. Easy to highlight, underline, and save in a PDF format.
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6 years agoThank you! How strangely relevant. Several points were not fully with me - yet. I made notes and stuff . . . I will get in order.
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6 years agoThe book really tried to highlight spurious crisis any good organization needs to tackle for it to achieve total Quality management and staff performance.
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6 years agoThis 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.
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6 years agohas inspired me to get hold of the book
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6 years agovery good for young leaders of tommorrow
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6 years agoGreat!
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6 years agoThis is a must read for young and up-coming managers. It focuses on the realities on ground before taking a decision.
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6 years agoI have never read a book that covers almost all aspect of a person's life like this one.Its a must have for me.
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6 years agoIt'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 .
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6 years agoand also I'm not able to make comments in full screen mode. is it also software bug?
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6 years agoVladislav, 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.
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6 years agoI WAS able to get this to work by bypassing Chrome and using IE
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6 years agoUnable to get either the PDF or Kindle versions to work.
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6 years agowish I could share this with my sister as she is always in crisis mode.
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6 years agovery insightful. umar aliyu
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6 years agoI 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.
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6 years agoFor every person in management level would benefit a great information by reading the book
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6 years agoinspiring. thanks
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7 years agoSome insights to keep handy anytime....and applicable in daily life. Good combination of brain and intellectual. Kudos .
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7 years agofind it very useful.
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7 years agothis book seems promising
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7 years agoCondensed well. Easy step by step summary which can be immediately applied.
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7 years agoSuper Write!!!
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7 years agoSo Useful and Compact !
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7 years agoThanks for the insights. I have learned them the hard way and so not new to me.
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7 years agoshort but some good insights... much of it is common sense if you can think along those lines.
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7 years agoIt is good and fine though, short.
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7 years agoI 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.
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7 years agoWell said.
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7 years agoI 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.!
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7 years agoabsolutly correct specially in personal matters
Myriam B - 12 april2012
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