Returning to long-abandoned offices poses completely new challenges for both employers and employees. The following summaries will help you get back on the right track.
How to Keep Your Business Going During a Pandemic
It is not easy, needs tremendous stamina – but it is not impossible. Go for it!
Article Summary How Companies Can Respond to the Coronavirus
Businesses can learn from China’s experience coping with the economic fallout of the COVID-19 crisis.
Michael Hudecheck, Charlotta Sirén, Dietmar Grichnik and Joakim Wincent MIT Sloan Management Review Book Summary Leading in Times of Crisis
Corporate leaders have more on their plates than ever. Find out how to keep all the platters spinning
David L. Dotlich, Peter C. Cairo and Stephen H. Rhinesmith Jossey-Bass Inc. Publishers Book Summary Seven Lessons for Leading in Crisis
Corporate crises provide rare opportunities to demonstrate leadership, gain support and transform business operations.
Bill George Jossey-Bass Inc. Publishers
Going Back to the Office, and Going Back to Work After a Pandemic
Your office plant may not have survived – but at least you and your fellow colleagues are back at the desk after finally switching your dazzling bureau lights on again. Make sure that you continue to follow the existing social distancing rules, and then find out what to do in the days after you’ve wiped the dust off your keyboard:
Article Summary The Back-to-Work Playbook
It’s time to reopen your business. Now what?
Josh Bersin Josh Bersin Book Summary Why Some Companies Emerge Stronger and Better from a Crisis
Are you prepared for a crisis? Undergo a management brainstorm before any other heavy weather hits your organization.
Ian I. Mitroff AMACOM Book Summary From Crisis to Calling
Humanitarian workers learned moral and functional life-and-death lessons in a Congolese refugee camp.
Sasha Chanoff and David Chanoff Berrett-Koehler Publishers Report Summary Crisis Management and Strategies for Dealing with Crisis
Amid the day-to-day buzz of activity, managers often neglect to consider what would happen if a crisis hit their company. History shows that could be a very big mistake.
Jon White QFinance Book Summary The Instant Survivor
How to survive and thrive when faced with a crisis
Jim Moorhead Greenleaf Book Group
How to Be Ready for the Next Pandemic
Here is how to prepare for the future like the greats:
Book Summary Crisis Leadership Now
In our dangerous world, a disaster can strike at any time, from bank failures to bombings. Is your organization prepared?
Laurence Barton McGraw-Hill Education Book Summary Fundamentals of Enterprise Risk Management
Beyond insurance alone: why smart companies fully embrace enterprise risk management
John J. Hampton AMACOM Book Summary The Pandemic Century
Mark Honigsbaum’s history of modern infectious disease outbreaks describes today’s pandemics and future ones, including how to survive and contain them.
Mark Honigsbaum W.W. Norton Book Summary Blindside
How to prepare for those nasty surprises that fortune loves to deliver
Francis Fukuyama Brookings Institution Press
BTW: This Is Exactly the Moment to Take the Next Step
Have you learned anything from the crisis? If not: It’s time! Here are some suggestions to shift your workplace to category Awesome:
Book Summary Bring Your Human to Work
Honoring human relationships retains employees and builds stronger bottom lines.
Erica Keswin McGraw-Hill Education Book Summary The Best Place to Work
Build an engaged workforce by understanding what motivates people.
Ron Friedman Perigee Book Summary How to Sell Anything to Anybody
Master these basic sales techniques to improve your results. Take it from Joe Girard, “the world`s greatest salesman.”
Joe Girard and Stanley H. Brown Fireside Book Summary Why Customers Leave (and How to Win Them Back)
Businesses must confront an unpalatable truth: They act in ways that drive customers to the competition.
David Avrin Career Press