Factors That Affect How Executives Respond To A Crisis

There are several important factors that can have a bearing on how corporate and government executives respond to a crisis at their organizations.  Find out what those factors are in this episode of the “Crisis Management Minute.”

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:05):
There are several factors that can influence how executives will
respond to an unfolding crisis. Welcome back to another Crisis
Manage Minute. I'm at Ritziegel, author of Crisis Ahead and
The Crisis Casebook. I'm mostly Leadership Strategies, senior contributor for
Forbes dot Com. How government and corporate leaders respond to

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a crisis can be influenced by their personalities and how
they manage people, their career background, tolerance for risk, and
previous experience dealing with the disaster, scandal, or other emergency.
Other major factors include whether their organizations have crisis management
plans in place, how quickly executives can reach members of

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their crisis management teams, and if the executives have immediate
access to all the resources they'll need in order to
respond to the crisis. It for this edition of the
Crisis Manageant minut 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

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