Leadership In A Crisis (A Director's Guide)

Dealing with a crisis is a key skill for a director, the board and all senior managers. The impact of the pandemic has put the need for effective crisis leadership into sharp focus.  

During these difficult times many organisations have found that their leadership has not been fully equipped to handle the sudden arrival of a crisis. This is a situation that cannot be repeated in future and equipping your board in crisis leadership skills is a minimum requirement of good corporate governance.

Fortunately, there are proven techniques and strategies that can help you to navigate your way safely through the crisis minefield and on to a safer, more secure footing.

This online course explores the principles of crisis leadership and offers practical insights and models to assist the directors and senior management. It will help you deal with the inevitable uncertainty that surrounds a crisis and, more importantly, suggests practical approaches to plan for your post-crisis world.

Directors need to be decisive when leading the company through a crisis.  This course will help you make critical judgments as part of your decision-making process in order to survive and steer the business back to a new normal.

What Will You Learn?

• The role of the board of directors when dealing with a crisis
• The characteristics of good leaders which are most critical in crisis leadership
• The differences between risk, uncertainty, emergency and crisis
• The different levels of crisis and the crisis lifecycle
• The importance of organisational values in a crisis
• The crisis resolution cycle
• Strategical planning for the post-crisis world