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Leadership: Humility as Antidote to Arrogance

Deirdre Breakenridge

Arrogance is a particularly toxic element of leadership. One of the common patterns of poor leadership and of mishandled crises is what crisis guru Jim Lukaszewski calls “ testosterosis ,” a condition that isn’t gender specific. A Guest Post By Helio Fred Garcia, President, Logos Consulting Group. Testosterosis.

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How to Inspire Your Teams During the COVID-19 Crisis

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The COVID-19 crisis looms large in our personal and professional lives. But for business leaders, the question now becomes: Are we prepared to manage this crisis? But for business leaders, the question now becomes: Are we prepared to manage this crisis? Establish meeting cadences and milestones.

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Meet Board of Directors Nominee Joseph Abreu, APR

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How do you describe your leadership style? As a membership association, we need to continue pivoting to meet the needs of our members as we navigate through the COVID crisis. Every situation has its challenges and successes, and being able to bring everyone across the finish line together, respectfully, is effective governance.

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The Importance of Crisis Planning for 2022

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We have experienced firsthand how a crisis can significantly and quickly impact business operations. Companies can prepare by evaluating the crisis process, team, tools and resources they have in place. A clear organizational purpose, mission and values provide guidance and establish a strong foundation to support crisis responses.

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Why My College Crash Course in Crisis Communications Will Never End

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My most important crisis communications test didn’t come through my PR work with PayPal, Snowflake or Tetris. Leadership doesn’t come free — it comes at a price. Instead of hating the bully that outed me, through my compassion many years later, I had the chance to meet him and allow him to apologize. It came in college.

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Tips for Professional Video Chat Interviews and Meetings

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Social distancing, quarantining and an increase in working from home have moved many face-to-face meetings and conferences to video chat platforms. Below are my tips on how to ace these interviews; most of which also apply to online meetings and conferences. Make sure your home network can handle a video call.

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Rise in Ransomware Attacks Demands Extra Crisis Vigilance

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Payments to the organized criminal enterprises in Eastern Europe and elsewhere that claim responsibility for the lion’s share of incidents rose 300 percent last year, despite mounting pressure on companies from law enforcement and national security authorities not to meet the extortionists’ demands. Build a dedicated cyber-crisis team.

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