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Crisis Leadership Now
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Crisis Leadership Now

A Real-World Guide to Preparing for Threats, Disaster, Sabotage, and Scandal

McGraw-Hill, 2007 más...

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Editorial Rating

9

Qualities

  • Innovative
  • Applicable

Recommendation

Managing an organization is an awesome challenge during the best of times, but far harder in the worst of times. Every process and problem becomes infinitely more difficult when a disaster strikes, be it an act of terrorism, an industrial emergency, fire, flood, earthquake, hurricane, corporate crime, scandal, epidemic, mass murder – you name it. Alas, the old saw that anything that can go wrong will go wrong is often true. Is your organization prepared? Studying this book by crisis expert Laurence Barton is a good way to get ready. He details practical, time-tested responses to disasters of all types. Most crises arrive without warning, so solid preparation is vital, and denial will get you nowhere fast. If you are a CEO, a communications professional or a senior executive, getAbstract advocates reading this very practical book – before the deluge.

Take-Aways

  • Many organizations are poorly prepared to handle emergencies.
  • The number of different emergency events and scenarios that can hamstring an organization is staggering.
  • Organizations often operate in a state of blissful denial that a disaster will ever occur.

About the Author

Laurence Barton, Ph.D., is a crisis management expert who has handled more than 1,200 crisis incidents worldwide. He is a management professor at The American College, Bryn Mawr, Pa.


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