Crisis Confidence

Insights into crisis leadership, reputation and readiness

Crisis Confidence

How Your Chain of Command Generates Speed

How Your Chain of Command Generates Speed

You've probably seen the Abbott and Costello sketch 'Who's on First?' (and if not, you're missing out) where the team's names - Who is on First base, What is on Second, Why is in the Outfield - make for a lot of confusion and a great skit. But take a moment and think back to the last time you were...

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Trust: The Foundation of Becoming Crisis Confident

Trust: The Foundation of Becoming Crisis Confident

The final component of our speed, clarity, and trust architecture that will transform you into a Crisis Confident organization is trust. The simple quote from Santosh Kalwar, "Trust starts and ends with the truth," helps us think about the truth and the trust that's necessary for superior crisis...

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Clarity: The Foundation of Becoming Crisis Confident

Clarity: The Foundation of Becoming Crisis Confident

Two quotes help me think about the concept of clarity and its importance in crisis response. The first is from Henry Kissinger. "If you don't know where you're going, every road will get you nowhere." And the second one is from the always quotable Yogi Berra. "If you don't know where you're going,...

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Speed: The Foundation of Becoming Crisis Confident

Speed: The Foundation of Becoming Crisis Confident

In my last blog post, I introduced the concept of Crisis Confidence, and that confidence is born out of speed, clarity, and trust. Over the next three weeks, I want to dig in on each of those elements and give them context and specific recommendations on what you can do to improve all three. Being...

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