Crisis Management Guru Prints

Merkel delivering funds to Greece.

"Our marketing budget has become a black hole."

In case of emergency break glass.

Caught up by the Crisis.

European Rescue

"Forget five-year plans. Let's just figure out how to make it to lunch."

'We invest so much money in training staff...it's a mystery to me why businesses would risk losing them.'

"I think I'll be late back for tea. . . about a week."

'His best qualities are circumventing questions and evading answers.'

'You realize, we can't use the 'benign neglect' method for everything.'

BBC - Crisis Management, Damage Control and Liability Supervision.

'Don't worry. No one else knows what they are doing either.'

"Three weeks until the pitch, LOADS of time!"

'Now then - I just wanted to see how you handle pressure, Mr. Boyle.'

"My best managerial trait is that I dig for answers until I get them between my teeth. My worst trait is that sometimes I bury them."

'Kroft, Kroft, Kroft...to thine own demographic be true!'

"He thought this would illustrate the company hierarchy more clearly than the organizational chart."

"Good morning Rudy. I suppose you're wondering why I've summond you....It's time for your annual performance review...."

"Unless one is a humorist, Haskins. One should avoid attempts at humor."

"I always try to give out at least one genuine compliment per day. I don't always succeed."

"For most people, the sense of panic will be mild."

'I see everyone got the memo.'

IRMA Hurricane Recovery in Cuba

Whack-a-mole CEO.

"I can't sit down. Don't you remember? I worked my butt off for you."

'This one is for keeping 'On Message' in the spin wars.'

'Ask yourself, 'What is it I'm not doing?', and then ask yourself, 'What is it I'm doing too much?'.'

'I'm looking for an assistant who knows my job, can do my job, but has no interest in having my job.'

'...And for the low visibility positions we can bring people on board who can, you know...do things.'

Personnel. Any experience in crisis management? No...Just production.

"I've got a strict work/life policy at work... Anyone who has a life doesn't work anymore!"

'That's my 'job security' barometer.'

"Leadership ISN'T just about trying to be BETTER than everyone else!"

"If you really want to get ahead you'll need to stop licking your own butt and start licking mine."

'I like to greet the new team members myself.'