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Crisis Management: The Ultimate Test of a Leader | In the CEO.

In the CEO Afterlife

Crisis Management: The Ultimate Test of a Leader. by John • September 12, 2011 • Human Resources , Leadership , Strategy • 4 Comments. How is it possible for three months of crisis management ineptitude to occur in an organization the size of BP with a product as environmentally toxic as oil? December 2011.

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The G-20 is 2011's Biggest Political Risk

Harvard Business Review

This enormous change ushers in an era of growing political risk. It is the first item on the Eurasia Group's Top Risks for 2011. It doesn't have an official name yet, but we propose calling it the "G-Zero," as in zero collaboration.

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Living in a Radical State of Uncertainty

Harvard Business Review

Every half century or so, the risk assumptions underlying our economic, social and political foundations change dramatically. For a number of reasons, the size, complexity scale and symmetry of risk are vastly different in 2011 than 1991.