I’m excited that my next book is available for pre-order. Crisis, Change, and How to Lead When it Matters Most: You’re It distills 15 years of practice and research on leading in high stakes, high pressure situations into a pragmatic framework with field-tested tools. Thanks to co-authors Leonard Marcus Joseph M. Henderson and Barry Dorn for the collaboration. We could only… Read More
Recently, I was honored to be interviewed by Heidi Legg of The Editorial. It gave me the chance to weave together my crisis leadership work at Harvard, my Master’s work on leadership in the context of meta-system scale change (think climate change), and my budding work to build leadership capacity and capability among environmental and conservation professionals. That’s a mouthful… Read More
The National Preparedness Leadership Initiative at Harvard, where I research and teach, is creating short video modules based on our curriculum. I am pleased that I was asked to take on the inaugural segment on the leaders brain. In this clip, I discuss the ways that cognitive biases shape one’s perceptions and decisions–sometimes in dramatic ways–along with strategies for counteracting… Read More
I am pleased that my piece for strategy+business on leading through principles made the 2017 “most read” list. With more than 20,000 views, the article certainly resonated with many people. And that is the more important point–how moving from rules to principles engages and empowers an organization to more nimbly solve problems, seize opportunities, and fulfill its goals. It was… Read More
It was a pleasure to be interviewed by Mabbly founder Adam Fridman for a recent Inc. article on the relevance of well-being for organizations. My contribution was on resilience and the need to keep people focused on a positive future even in the face of adversity. Resilience is about the ability to bounce forward. When leaders model and articulate a… Read More
It was a great pleasure to return to MIT this week to speak at the Business Continuity and Crisis Planning executive education course. It’s my fourth consecutive year. I always enjoy engaging on meta-leadership with a group that walks the talk on the front lines. This year, about 40% of the group came from outside the U.S. and they represented… Read More