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The 360 Degrees of Crisis Communications

Next Level Blog

We all know by now that leaders must communicate in a crisis. In times of crisis, it’s almost a societal default to look to the people in charge to transmit what they know when they know it while painting a picture of how we’ll get through this together. It’s approaching the point of cliché because it’s true.

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First Look: Leadership Books for April 2024

Leading Blog

Mentorship Unlocked : The Science and Art of Setting Yourself Up for Success by Janice Omadeke What is a mentor? What if you could wake up every morning excited about your purpose, knowing you're fulfilling your greatest potential? No, it’s not a health or financial crisis; it’s a leadership crisis.

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The Call of “Not Knowing”– How Uncertainty is Still the Test of Leadership

Great Leadership By Dan

People who are otherwise obscure on the national scene are now showing up in news feeds and quenching a yearning for sanity, direction and confidence. Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms of Atlanta relating to us as a parent and an executive, saying enough is enough and here are things we’re doing about it. Fascinating and fun to watch.

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Leadership U: The Six Degrees of Leadership

Leading Blog

T O LEAD people from one place to another in good times and in challenging ones requires a framework like the one presented in Korn Ferry CEO Gary Burnison’s concise book, Leadership U: Accelerating Through the Crisis Curve. Anticipating is 90% bottom-up and only 10% top-down. Degree #1: Anticipate. Degree #3: Communicate.

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Leadership Lessons in Southwest Airline’s Fall From Grace

Modern Servant Leader

If you screw up, own it. In times of crisis, great leaders are prominent in their apologies and prolific in the media. Leaders with great teams in place to manage the crisis internally, should be on a media blitz tour, accepting responsibility and continuously communicating their plans and progress to fixing the situation.

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How to Gain Credibility with your Employees

Lead from Within

Leaders earn credibility and trust when they’re sincere about who they are and demonstrate that they’re willing to stand up for their values. When you make a mistake, own up to it and take the necessary steps to correct the wrong. Additional Reading you might enjoy: H ow Great Leadership is Generated in Significant Crisis.

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“In Search of Excellence” Revisited

Leading Blog

The country was suffering an existential crisis, as well, amidst an OPEC oil embargo coinciding with Vietnam War and Watergate fatigue. Buried within the text, Peters and Waterman offer the bottom line of how to identify excellence in companies. Interest rates were through the roof. Feel familiar? Perhaps not. Love and greed.

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