Commentary from crisis management expert Edward Segal, author of the bestselling and award-winning Crisis Ahead: 101 Ways to Prepare for and Bounce Back from Disasters, Scandals, and Other Emergencies and a Leadership Strategies Senior Contributor for Forbes.com. Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky’s leadership skills have been constantly tested since Russia invaded his country in 2022. How he has led Ukraine during a challenging and stressful time in its history provides important crisis…

Commentary from crisis management expert Edward Segal, author of the bestselling and award-winning Crisis Ahead: 101 Ways to Prepare for and Bounce Back from Disasters, Scandals, and Other Emergencies and a Leadership Strategies Senior Contributor for Forbes.com. In their efforts to grab the attention of audiences, some companies have crossed the line and generated the wrong kind of publicity about their brands and products. Those headline-making mistakes provide business leaders with…

Commentary from crisis management expert Edward Segal, author of the bestselling and award-winning Crisis Ahead: 101 Ways to Prepare for and Bounce Back from Disasters, Scandals, and Other Emergencies and a Leadership Strategies Senior Contributor for Forbes.com Educational institutions across the country are following a proven and effective strategy that’s favored by many business leaders when responding to a crisis: there is strength in numbers. Hundreds of colleges and universities have…

Commentary from crisis management expert Edward Segal, author of the bestselling and award-winning Crisis Ahead: 101 Ways to Prepare for and Bounce Back from Disasters, Scandals, and Other Emergencies and a Leadership Strategies Senior Contributor for Forbes.com Lessons in leading and rebranding organizations usually come from the corporate world. But the death of Pope Francis in April provides a new source of lessons from the man who led more than one billion Catholics around the globe. His…

Commentary from crisis management expert Edward Segal, author of the bestselling and award-winning Crisis Ahead: 101 Ways to Prepare for and Bounce Back from Disasters, Scandals, and Other Emergencies (Nicholas Brealey, 2020) Risks and threats can be forerunners to crisis situations for companies and organizations. An informal survey of CEOs, advertising, and other executives and experts yielded what they thought are the most significant dangers businesses will face this…