When severe storms hit in tropical climates, buildings may fall, but most palm trees survive. They bend but don’t break. They have resilience. Can your organization say the same?
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6 Types of Resilience Companies Need Today
Lessons in crisis management and agility from Unilever.
November 17, 2021
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Summary.
The world is volatile and uncertain. Today and in the future, companies’ resilience and agility will help determine which are successful and which aren’t. So how can leaders develop and implement the right strategies to create a crisis-resistant organization? Using lessons from Paul Polman’s tenure as CEO of Unilever and from his new book, coauthored by Andrew Winston, this article outlines three traditional types of resilience (financial, portfolio, and organizational) and introduces three additional types (purpose-driven, trust-driven, and stakeholder-driven) that all leaders should build.
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