In an era when the next crisis seems to be just around the corner, effective leadership can make the crucial difference between organizational failure and survival. As a former national intelligence leader and presidential adviser, Beth Sanner developed a reputation for her ability to steer organizations and their people through crises, challenges, and uncertainty in her three decades leading some of the government’s most complex agencies. A battle-tested difference-maker, she walks her audience through how to manage yourself and lead your organization through workplace challenges, from return-to-work measures to layoffs and financial distress.

This participatory discussion is designed to equip senior leaders with a framework for immediate response and high-stakes decisions under pressure, multi-channel stakeholder communications with confidence, maintaining team morale through panic and stress, and recovery with lessons for future threat situations. Beth’s sought-after insights on facilitating work-place changes to emerge in a better position provide leaders a solid foundation from which to ignite their organization’s next transformation amidst uncertain times.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

1. Define the behaviors and presence that effective leaders display at the helm of teams and organizations in a crisis situation.

2. Explore the strategies effective leaders use to steer their organizations through crisis.

3. Examine what leaders can do to prepare their organizations for the next crisis.

LEADERSHIP COMPETENCIES: Adapts to Change & Drives Innovation; Business Acumen & Business Judgment; Effective Communication with All Levels