CRISIS MANAGEMENT

Sometimes all hell breaks loose. Order turns into chaos. No one is in control. Sound familiar?

It should. It’s called a crisis, and if you’re not careful, it can overwhelm you. What you must do is handle a crisis in a manner that allows proaction rather than reaction. The way to accomplish this feat is through crisis management.

Typically, people react to a crisis. They implement a solution to satisfy short-term needs and treat the symptoms rather than the causes. Such reactions only quell the crisis instead of solving it, and they cause a crisis to reerupt later when the circumstances encourage it.

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