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The Importance of Organizational Resilience

Experience to Lead

Businesses regularly establish routines in the way they operate, but when problems arise and they’re thrown a curve ball, those routines and competencies may no longer work for the situation managers find themselves in. It may not be the road you expected to travel, but the greatest successes often occur on the road less traveled.

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How Employee Feedback May Have Prevented Deadly Meningitis Outbreak

Great Leadership By Dan

If current employees are hesitant to talk, HR should also be conducting exit interviews , particularly in high-risk occupations like healthcare, to identify any areas that may put the company, its customers and consumers at risk. HR can facilitate discussions and task forces for planning and next steps.

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Why Quants Should Manage Your Supply Chain Risk

Harvard Business Review

When ash clouds from the Icelandic volcano darkened the skies over Europe, planes were grounded, interrupting business travel and disrupting air freight. Generally, the experts trying to address this issue take for granted that risk is a cost managers want to avoid and portray risk management as an attempt to avoid this potential cost.

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Lessons From the Military: Your Risk is My Risk, Too

Harvard Business Review

Second, as leaders who are assessing risks, we need to have skin in the game; otherwise we are only pretending to lead. Third, character matters just as much as any knowledge or skills acquired from training and education. We spend a lot of time and energy training military units and their leaders to properly mitigate risk.

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How Multinationals Can Grow in the Middle East and Africa

Harvard Business Review

strong opposition to the Iran nuclear deal; a ban on travelers from several Muslim-majority countries), many companies are still looking to invest in the region. more competitive prices, more localized products) and improve their risk management and operational efficiency.