#BU-02-66 High Stakes Leadership: Leading in Times of Crisis
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- Course level: All Levels
About Course
University of MichiganDescription
Learn how to lead your business to survive and thrive through crises
This course is designed to teach leaders how to manage a business through crises and how to implement crisis management strategies.
As the world adapts to new ways of working in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, crisis management is now more relevant than ever.
Learn how the VUCA world is making crises more common
Throughout the course, you’ll learn directly from business leaders about the strategies they have used to manage the different crises, and you’ll also learn how the VUCA (volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity) world is making crises more common. The topics covered in this course are particularly relevant in the wake of the global COVID-19 pandemic. Many course examples will reference lessons leaders around the world have learned during this far-reaching healthcare crisis.
Decipher how to build resilience and anticipate potential threats
When it comes to future crises, it is a matter of when not if. This course will show you the main characteristics of resilient organisations and help you learn and apply techniques for building resilience in your organisation.
It’s packed with practical advice like how to prepare by planning ahead and anticipating potential threats so you’re ready to adapt to changing conditions.
You’ll learn hands-on techniques for designing frameworks that will help you effectively cope with different scenarios you’ll face in the future.
Discover how to lead through a crisis with the University of Michigan
When a crisis hits, your team will look to you for guidance. Studying this course with experts from the University of Michigan will help you build the skills you need to lead your team through crises and be well prepared to tackle the uniquely challenging nature of a crisis when it hits.
What topics will you cover?
- Why the VUCA world is making crises more common
- Characteristics of resilient organizations and ways to increase resilience
- Stakeholder value propositions and how these are threatened during a crisis
- Organizing frameworks for estimating the types of crises an organization might encounter
- The unique and challenging nature of the crisis environment
- The fundamentals of crisis leadership
- Building a plan to prepare yourself, your team, and your organization for your next major crisis—which, in today’s world, is not so much an “if”, as a “when”.
Who will you learn with?
I’m a Clinical Professor at Michigan’s Ross School of Business. I teach Crisis Leadership and Entrepreneurship. Former co-founder of JetBlue Airways, Chief Flight Instructor at TOPGUN, & EdTech Exec.
Who developed the course?
As the #1 public research university in the United States, U-M has been a leader in research, learning, and teaching for more than 200 years, with 102 Grad programs in the top 10 — U.S. News & World Report (2019).
What Will I Learn?
- You will learn to develop and apply develop an exceptional set of crisis-leadership tools that will serve you well throughout your professional career.
- You will learn how to effectively navigate the challenges of significant organizational disruptions
- You will learn why the VUCA world is making crises more common
- Characteristics of resilient organizations and ways to increase resilience
Topics for this course
Module 1: In Our Increasingly VUCA Business Environment, Major Disruptions Will Happen
Faculty Introduction00:04:45
The VUCA Environment
COVID-19 and Implications in this Course00:04:54
COVID-19 Examples of Exceptional Leadership
Deepwater Horizon: Setting the Stage00:06:58
Crisis Definition and Expectation Management
Universal Truths About Stakeholder Expectations During Crises
Perspective Matters and Informs Our Priorities!00:06:17
Case Examples Where Perspective Matters
Crisis Happens! It’s Not “if” but “when”00:06:09
Course Organization, Objectives, Outcomes
Module 1 Summary00:04:04
Module 2: Crisis Leadership Demands a Focus on Stakeholders
The best thing about this course is that it covers topics that are particularly relevant in the wake of the global COVID-19 pandemic. Many course examples will draw on lessons learned by leaders around the world in this far-reaching health care crisis. A case in point.
In this course I learned the practical techniques of designing frameworks that will help me effectively deal with the different scenarios I will face in the future.
In this course I learned the practical techniques of designing frameworks that will help me effectively deal with the different scenarios I will face in the future.
The course aims to teach leaders how to manage a business in a crisis and how to implement crisis management strategies. Let me learn how to lead my own enterprise to survive and develop in a crisis. It's a very recommended course.
Material Includes
- Official Certificate
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Target Audience
- This course is designed for all leaders who want to prepare themselves for leading through a crisis and navigate the challenges of significant organisational disruptions.