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Today, in an instant, any leader can find themselves face-to-face with crisis. In You're It, the faculty of the National Preparedness Leadership Inititative at Harvard University distill their extensive research and experience to show you to be a better leader through crisis and change.The NPLI team has shadowed and interviewed the leaders who have forged through some of the most complex, high stakes disasters: the Boston Marathon bombings, the H1N1 pandemic, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the devastating string of 2017 hurricanes, and more. They also went inside the tough decision-making of the world's largest companies, the hottest startups, and leading not-for-profit organizations. Here, the reader sits alongside, learning from these rich experiences and integrating their lessons into your leadership repertoire. Full of practical tools for routine practice, this is a guide for complex problem-solving and systemic transformation.With true life stories of today's watershed challenges and opportunities, You're It is an essential read for anyone preparing to lead an adaptive team through crisis and change.The NPLI is a joint program of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and the Center for Public Leadership at the Harvard John F. Kennedy School of Government.

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Leonard J. Marcus, Ph.D. is the founding co-director of the National Preparedness Leadership Initiative at Harvard and an internationally recognized authority on leadership during times of crisis and change. Eric J. McNulty, M.A. is Associate Director of the National Preparedness Leadership Initiative and an Instructor at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. He is a contributing editor and columnist at strategy+business magazine and writes periodically for Harvard Business Review and others. Dr. Barry Dorn, M.D., M.H.C.M. is Senior Advisor of the Program for Health Care Negotiation and Conflict Resolution at the Harvard T.H. Chan of Public Health and faculty member of The National Preparedness Leadership Initiative. He is a retired orthopedic surgeon. Joseph M. Henderson, M.P.A. is Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Harvard T.H. Chan of Public Health and is on the faculty of the National Preparedness Leadership Initiative. He retired from the U.S. Government in 2018 as a member of the Senior Executive Service. David Gergen is a CNN Senior Political Analyst and has worked as an adviser to four U.S. Presidents. He is also the co-director for Center for Public Leadership at the Harvard Kennedy School. Kevin T. Collins, an Audie Award-winning audiobook narrator, is an actor, singer, recording artist, and director who can be seen Off-Broadway, on television, and in films.

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