We don’t schedule the next crisis on our calendar so we can prepare. They just happen. Lynn Perry Wooten tells Kevin we need to frame the crisis as an opportunity; an opportunity to contain and move to learning and growing. Lynn suggests we look at the past and the future and look inside and outside our organizations. When we focus on the results of the crisis, we can lead our teams through them to success.

Key Points

07:26 - Lynn Perry Wooten discusses the lessons we have learned (and continue to learn) through the pandemic. 

10:35 - She talks about the crisis as a threat and opportunity. 

12:41 - She explains how we can think forward to be prepared for the next crisis. 

14:51 - She shares four ways to frame a crisis.

Meet Lynn

• Name: Lynn Perry Wooten
• Her Story: Lynn Perry Wooten is the coauthor, with Erika H. James, of the Prepared Leader: Emerge from Any Crisis More Resilient than Before. She a seasoned academic and an expert on organizational development and transformation, is the ninth president of Simmons University, and the first African American to lead the institution.
• Worth Mentioning: Before coming to Simmons, Lynn served as the David J. Nolan Dean and Professor of Management and Organizations at the Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management. Before that, she served on the faculty of the University of Michigan Ross School of Business for nearly 20 years.

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Book Recommendations

• The Prepared Leader: Emerge from Any Crisis More Resilient Than Before by Erika H. James and Lynn Perry Wooten
• Arrive and Thrive: 7 Impactful Practices for Women Navigating Leadership by Susan Brady, Janet Foutty, and Lynn Perry Wooten 

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