Promote the Dog Sitter and Other Principles for Leading During Disasters

by Edward L. Conley

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Crisis leaders never feel completely prepared. From your first response to your hundredth, you feel the same nerves, the same anticipation, and the same desire to serve with each crisis you encounter. But when disaster strikes, you're there to make a difference-and you'll need to rely on more than just your good intentions. In Promote the Dog Sitter, former FEMA responder and NATO advisor Ed Conley shares ten proven principles for acting decisively and leading dynamically throughout any disaster. Drawing upon extensive experience, Ed has an eye-of-the-storm perspective that shows up-and-coming leaders how to overcome setbacks, develop teams, respond compassionately, and serve with integrity. A book for practitioners by a practitioner, Promote the Dog Sitter is a must-read guide for those who heed the call to make a positive difference in the world's biggest crises.… (more)

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The inner workings of a bureaucracy are laid bare here for all to see. Ed Conley does a good job of providing insight into of the more humane organizations within this massively bureaucratic entity known as the U.S. one government. Kinder than he probably could have been, Conley describes the many disasters that he and FEMA have supported. There are many committed individuals at work in FEMA and in this volume Conley provides the reader with a window into the inner-workings. FEMA's reputation has been tarnished over the years by some mis-handled disasters, but disasters are difficult to deal with by their nature. In an ideal world, a government with as much overhead as ours should do a better job of handling any situation, yet most are mis-handled by those who can't lead getting in the way. "I'm from the government and I'm here to help." isn't a spine-chilling clique for no reason. Alas, Ed Conley can't be blamed for big government's failings.
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Crisis leaders never feel completely prepared. From your first response to your hundredth, you feel the same nerves, the same anticipation, and the same desire to serve with each crisis you encounter. But when disaster strikes, you're there to make a difference-and you'll need to rely on more than just your good intentions. In Promote the Dog Sitter, former FEMA responder and NATO advisor Ed Conley shares ten proven principles for acting decisively and leading dynamically throughout any disaster. Drawing upon extensive experience, Ed has an eye-of-the-storm perspective that shows up-and-coming leaders how to overcome setbacks, develop teams, respond compassionately, and serve with integrity. A book for practitioners by a practitioner, Promote the Dog Sitter is a must-read guide for those who heed the call to make a positive difference in the world's biggest crises.

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