Tag: crisis management
Disaster or disruption? Crisis management requires clear definitions
Identifying and categorising crises, and developing a methodology to deal with them, can help boards to prepare for worst case scenarios.
What Ukraine teaches us about effective leadership in a crisis
In conflicts and crises, people look to both political and business leaders for reassurance, competence and calmness under pressure.
MHP chair offers a case study in crisis leadership in Ukraine
John Rich is co-ordinating MHP’s distribution drivers throughout the country: “If we fail the biggest distribution of food in Ukraine fails.”
‘The most important topic we discuss is the safety of our people’
Ukrainian firms are facing huge operational challenges, as well as responsibilities to their employees and the economy of their country.
Risk management lessons from the Covid-19 pandemic
Covid-19 has posed multiple challenges for risk management professionals. Agility, innovation and the ability to face uncertainty are key.
Innovation in a crisis: how to seize opportunities for growth
An upcoming webinar will look at how and why companies should maintain their focus on innovation even during a crisis like Covid-19.
Leadership in wicked times
Wicked problems involve complex dynamics and are seemingly impossible to solve effectively. They require new leadership approaches.
Tesco’s John Allan on the role of non-executives at a time of crisis
Tesco chair John Allan talks about the importance of non-executive directors, their responsibilities and priorities at this critical time.
Pandemic or no, it’s business as usual for boards
For now, corporate boards prefer to keep the status quo—and the long view—in the face of Covid-19 upheaval.
Power, politics and crisis response on the board
A recent study suggests it’s not individual directors but the competing coalitions they form that determine what boards will do.