The good folks at Shepherd Books asked me to recommend five books for crisis leaders. I love sharing some of the books I’ve read that have influenced my thinking and practice. I could easily have listed a dozen. I also wanted to be provocative so I skipped some of my faves in favor of a
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The true test of your own leading and its sustainability is how much of your impact endures after you leave your position. Listen to this freewheeling conversation on leadership and share your thoughts.
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If you have to lay people off, think like a crisis leader: be clear, careful, and compassionate. Situations like this are defining moments for organizations that will resonate internally and externally for years.
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Here’s magic in leading: Inspiring great performances by not taking up all of the oxygen in the room, sensing how to help others be at their peak, and knowing that leading is about “we,” not “me.”
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Management is not about counting butts in seats. It is about creating the conditions where people can contribute to the fullest extent of their abilities. It requires understanding the human factors in organizations.
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There are few of the foundational thinkers about management whose work is as relevant now as it was when it was written. Peter Drucker is one of them. I often recommend his writings to my students and colleagues. It was true honor, then, to make a list of 69 scholars whose work reminds Bruce Rosenstein,
To make better decisions, think of your decision process as a lighting control. Too often, decisions are presented as a toggle switch where the choice is “on” or “off.” Instead, imagine a dimmer with myriad settings.
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In a time of rapid change and disruption, a leader’s pursuit of transactional efficiency is the fastest path to irrelevance because it crowds out necessary transformational thinking. A wellness app or program, no matter how well designed, simply adds to the transactional load unless it’s accompanied by a deeper shift in our mental model of work and life.
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Crisis teams succeed or fail as teams—this is not an individual sport. Unless teams get used to working together in routine times, they are unlikely to gel when it matters most.
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An organization’s culture is dynamic. Leaders need to tend to all of the ingredients to get the outcome they desire.
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From Eric’s recent article for strategy+business: “I can’t wait to get everyone back to the office!” “I’m never going to need an office again!” From these two extremes to a thousand variations in between, leaders are thinking about what work will look like once a critical mass of the population has been vaccinated against COVID-19.
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On June 11, You’re It: Crisis, Change, and How to Lead When it Matters Most was officially available in bookstores. The book brings together 15 years of research and best practices in leading through the turbulence of natural disasters, corporate turnaround, and other incidents. You’re It was named one a top business book for June
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