Crisis Management Lessons From The Texas Floods

Government officials apparently fell short in several important areas before and during the recent deadly floods in Texas. Find out what those areas were—and why they should be a wake-up call for corporate and government executives—in this episode of the “Crisis Management Minute.”

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:05):
After a natural disaster, there can be important crisis man
lessons to be learned and remembered. And welcome back to
another Crisis Management Minute. I'm Edward Siegel, author of Crisis
Ahead and The Crisis Casebook. I'm also a Leadership Strategies
senior contributor for Forbes dot Com. The recent deadly floods

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in Texas revealed several weaknesses in how government officials managed
the crisis. The list includes communications, response times, staffing levels,
and resources. These shortfalls are awake up call for corporate
and government executives about the challenges they could face when
a nature related disaster strikes. Organizations need to know what

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the crisis mentioned weaknesses are in their area and take
steps to address them before it's too late. That's it
for this edition the Crisis Management Minute. Be sure to
come back next week for more advice on how to
prepare for and manage a crisis, or subscribe to The
Crisis Management Minute wherever you get your podcasts. Remember, it's

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not a matter of if your organization will have a crisis,
but when, and the sooner you're prepared for it, the better.