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Three Things I Learned About Leadership From Admiral Allen Today

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With a resume like that, it’s easy to understand why Admiral Allen was asked to speak on “Leadership in a Time of Crisis.” You’d be hard pressed to find a leader who’s led more crisis responses with more distinction than Allen.    Everyone is on a mission from God and can end up working at cross purposes.  

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Leaders, What's Your Vocation?

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" In an interview with PBS , Buechner explained what he meant by that: “Just the other day somebody my age in some sort of a crisis said, "I don't feel I'm being what I ought to be." Subscribe to Blog Updates via Email or RSS Chart Your Course in 2011 with a Life GPS® Interactive Program Details Here Join me for the.

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Viva Chile: Leadership and the Rescue of the Miners

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Much like the astronauts of Apollo 13, they showed grace and calm under pressure, maintained their discipline, drew on their training and supported each other to get through a crisis. The importance of establishing strong communication channels in a crisis cannot be overestimated. They didn’t.

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A British Friend's Take on BP

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  I was a bit taken aback by Steve’s response because, like the author of a recent New York Times piece on how not to handle crisis communications, I was among the many people who thought BP’s response and, particularly Tony Hayward’s, to the spill in the Gulf was abysmal.