Crisis Management

2021 Conference: Long-term Thinking Amid Crisis - A look through The Optimist's Telescope

How can thinking ahead in an era of instant gratification help us both gain perspective and prevent disaster? What tools of foresight should we hone as individuals and collectively to do right by future generations?...

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Lessons in Crisis Leadership

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Webinar: Audacious Innovation: Coaching Leaders to Change the World

Today’s fast growth, globally diverse organizations demand "big teaming": intense collaboration across professions and industries that often have completely different mindsets and even be antagonistic to each other....

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Leadership and Compassion During Crisis

In this video short, Carol Kauffman discusses the importance of managing our own judgments to better help ourselves and others through crisis.

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How to Lead Through Crucible Moments

Leadership now is more important than ever, and you don’t need a fancy job or title to lead during the COVID-19 pandemic. Professor Bill George says leaders today must be focused, resilient, intuitive, and adapt quickly, among having other important skills.

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What is Crisis Management?

In such uncertain times, we look to our leaders, but how do you manage an organization through COVID-19—a crisis unlike any we've ever experienced? Professor Dutch Leonard and CMCO Brian Kenny use Zoom to discuss crisis management and what actions leaders can take now.

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Good Leaders Can Overcome Institutional Inertia in a Crisis

Although Covid-19 is clearly a catastrophe, it offers what every social scientist craves: a “natural experiment” that allows us to compare different responses to similar shocks. We have already learned much about what does and doesn’t work in tackling the virus itself. We can also glean profound lessons about the role of leaders.

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In Times of Crisis, a Little Thanks Goes a Long Way

Research clearly indicates expressing gratitude is beneficial to our health and well-being. We’re happier when we’re grateful. During a crisis, taking the time to thank others is vital to dampen loneliness, amp up social connections, and generate generosity....

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June 2020 Coaching Report

Looking for Light in a Dark Tunnel ...

PTSD is the Wrong Way to Think

From Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder to: Present Traumatic GROWTH. The term PTSD is being thrown around in ways that are not helpful. Did you know 2/3 of those experiencing trauma report feeling stronger as a result?

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