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Level Up Your Crisis Management Skills

Rick Aalbers; Killian McCarthy; Arjan Groen

MIT Sloan Management Review 2026

Leaders who have successfully managed crises in governments and large organizations aren’t innately better at it. Interviews with high-level leaders in a variety of industries found that people with strong crisis management skills have invested time and effort to develop maturity in seven key areas, dubbed the 7C’s: contingency planning, cross-functional coordination, transparent communication, compassion, confrontation of hard truths, control, and continuity.

DOI
10.63383/fere1416
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67 (4)
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