Rogue Wave!
10 Lessons on Leading Before, During and After a Crisis
Tuesday, August 9, 11:30 - 1:30 pm
Networking from 11:30 am - 12:00 pm
A conversation with Harry Hutson and Martha Johnson, co-authors of the new book, Navigating an Organizational Crisis: When Leadership Matters Most (2016)
Orientation:
Leadership is an invitation to risk. The world is VUCA: volatile, unpredictable, chaotic, and ambiguous.
All organizations are vulnerable to the appearance of a Rogue Wave—a sudden, spontaneous and significant event. Leadership performance may determine your organization’s resilience, recovery, and renewal.
What’s the best way to be prepared for that unknown? Be the best leader you can be starting TODAY.
Focus your attention on what is critical and take to heart 10 lessons learned from leaders who have led their organizations through tough times.
Pre-reading: HR People + Strategywhite paper on the role of HR in leadership communications in a crisis.
https://c.ymcdn.com/sites/hrps.site-ym.com/resource/collection/5ACCBE35-44DB-431B-B4F8-030DFA17DCCA/Hutson_Johnson_WP.pdf
Our Speakers:
Harry Hutson, Ph.D., is a consultant, coach, and former HR executive at several multinationals including Global Knowledge, in Cary. He is a board member serving Urban Ministries of Durham, and he is an adjunct professor at Kenan-Flagler Business School, UNC Chapel Hill. www.harryhutson.com
Martha Johnson, executive, writer, and leadership coach, served President Obama as the Administrator of the US General Services Administration. She has enjoyed a 35-year career in the corporate and public sectors. Her office is in Annapolis, MD. www.marthajohnson.com
