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Book SynopsisCrisis Leadership examines the challenges faced by leaders at each stage of the crisis lifecycle', and offers a unique insight into the lessons learned by people in the most challenging of situations.Anyone in a leadership position is only too aware that we live in uncertain times: disaster can strike any business, at any time, and usually without warning. Public institutions, too, face a range of threats from global recession, resurgent terrorism and a stream of appalling natural disasters. For leaders in such organisations, these crisis situations can present both opportunities and threats. How they lead through such challenging times will propel their careers to new heights or destroy them completely.
Crisis Leadership examines the challenges faced by leaders at each stage of the crisis lifecycle', from the instant they learn of the crisis, through to moments of critical decision-making and the final tumultuous days. Tim Johnson offers a unique insight into the
Table of ContentsIntroduction
Part One 1. What is a crisis? And what is effective crisis leadership? 2. Giving ourselves a fighting chance of succeeding
Part Two 3. Commencing crisis leadership 4. The challenges of making decision and setting (early) strategy 5. Crisis team leadership 6. Crisis leadership in public 7. Crisis leadership in private 8. When crisis leadership ends
Part Three 9. Preparing crisis leaders Notes Index
