Why Some Companies Emerge Stronger and Better from a Crisis: 7 Essential Lessons for Surviving Disaster

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Amacom, 2005 - Business & Economics - 256 pages
An authority in crisis management outlines seven distinct competencies an organization needs to handle crises effectively in order to come through the event with strength and confidence.

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Contents

The Crisis Society The Rise of the Abnormal
1
Challenge 1Right Heart Emotional IQ Deny Denial Grieve Before a Crisis Occurs
27
Challenge 2Right Thinking Creative IQ Be a Responsible Troublemaker
51
Challenge 4Right Integration Integrative IQ Embrace Fuzziness
73
Challenge 5Right Technical Skills Technical IQ Think Like a Sociopath Act Like a Saint
95
Challenge 6Right Transfer Aesthetic IQ Down with the Old Design and Implement New Organizations
113
Challenge 7Right Soul Spiritual IQ Spirituality Is The Ultimate Competitive Advantage
127
When a Whole Society Is in Crisis All of the Challenges Apply
157
Epilogue A Tale of Two Companies
179
Major Crises at a Glance
185
A Brief Primer on Crisis Management
205
A Theory of Complex ProblemFormulation and ProblemSolving Inquiry Systems
217
Index
229
About the Author
237
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