Code Black: 50 Lessons in Crisis Management for Effective Leadership

Bol Partner

The are many excellent books on crisis management for professionals but few for general management. This book aims to help close that gap with a practical, anecdote-laced and experience-based look at some key lessons in crisis management that leaders of organizations of all kinds are increasingly likely to have to apply at some point. The reason is that by all leading indicators the number, scope, complexity and impact of crises continue to increase. Among key drivers: digitization, outsourcing, (social) media, reputational fragility, weather volatility, changes in mobility, resets in globalization, and yes, armed conflict and pandemics.As the Ukraine crisis, COVID-19 and ransomware underscore, preparing for and managing crises is no longer just the work of specialists and specially designated teams: it now routinely touches general management as well. The likelihood you will serve on a business continuity, risk management or crisis team, support one, or help clean up the mess afterwards in what the business world now calls these ‘disruptive times’ has never been greater. As a leader, there is hence enhanced value in being properly prepared when a crisis threatens your strategic interests. This book, filled with examples and case study material, aims to serve you as a primer.From the White House to boardrooms,Dutch-American author Glenn Schoen has more than 35 years’ experience in the crisis and security management fields. This includes helping over 150 corporate, government and international institution clients manage crisis situations in over 40 countries and training over 50 large organization crisis teams. He is a regular speaker and commentator on crisis and security issues, including over 25 years on CNN.

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Pagina's: 160, Paperback, Independently published