Crisis Leadership: Making a Difference When Disaster Strikes
Anyone may be a "first responder" when crisis hits close to home. As a leader, how prepared are you to deal with crisis? How prepared is your organization? In this issue of Leading Effectively, we bring you lessons of leadership from people who made a difference when Hurricane Katrina hit Mississippi and Louisiana on August 29, 2005. While few of us may be called to lead in a crisis of the magnitude of Katrina, we will all almost certainly face significant and unexpected crises in our work and lives. Our ability to be effective in a crisis can fundamentally shape the course of our lives after the crisis. What can we learn from a crisis like Katrina about being better prepared?
The "Crisis Leadership: Lessons from the Frontlines" forum was made possible by a gift from the Marrow family to encourage the Center to facilitate conversations about important leadership issues. To see a list of forum participants, click here.
Articles
Crisis: Lessons from the Frontlines
When Hurricane Katrina hit Mississippi and Louisiana on August 29, 2005, it called into question much of the conventional wisdom about disaster relief and recovery. What can we learn from this exceptional occurrence about the nature of crisis and the kind of leadership needed? (more...)
When Plans Fail, Improvise
"The day after the storm, we realized that 98 percent of our plans weren't any good," said Joe Spraggins, director of emergency management for Harrison County, Mississippi, whose first official day on the job was the day Katrina hit. "This was something that had to be dealt with in a different manner." (more...)
Who's in Charge? Balancing Formal and Informal Leadership
Jennifer Vidrine lives in Ville Platte, Louisiana, a small town 170 miles northwest of New Orleans, and 75 miles west of Baton Rouge. Following Hurricane Katrina, Vidrine and her neighbors found themselves giving shelter and support to nearly 10,000 people who fled their homes. (more...)
Build Culture; Build Capacity
A Coast Guard helicopter pilot for 23 years, Captain Bruce Jones was assigned to New Orleans when Katrina hit. Immediately after the storm came ashore, his helicopter unit headed into the devastated city. (more...)
Leadership: Short-term Action, Long-term Commitment
Iray Nabotoff left his home in New Hampshire to spend 18 days as a relief kitchen volunteer in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana in January 2006. Today, he is executive director of a community center in the parish and has committed to staying for five years. (more...)
Results of the CCL Poll: Leadership Challenges
In our December 2007 Leading Effectively e-newsletter,
readers were asked what leadership challenges they and their colleagues were facing at work? (more...)
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