Level Up Your Crisis Management Skills

Leaders who have successfully managed crises in governments and large organizations aren’t innately better at it. Interviews with high-level leaders in a variety of industries found that people with strong crisis management skills have invested time and effort to develop maturity in seven key areas, dubbed the 7C’s: contingency planning, cross-functional coordination, transparent communication, compassion, confrontation of hard truths, control, and continuity.

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MIT Sloan Management Review
Published
2026-03-31
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https://doi.org/10.63383/fere1416
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Public Relations and Crisis Communication
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Level Up Your Crisis Management Skills

Killian J. McCarthy, Rick Aalbers, Arjan Groen
MIT Sloan Management Review
Public Relations and Crisis Communication
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Level Up Your Crisis Management Skills

Killian J. McCarthy, Rick Aalbers, Arjan Groen
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Abstract

Leaders who have successfully managed crises in governments and large organizations aren’t innately better at it. Interviews with high-level leaders in a variety of industries found that people with strong crisis management skills have invested time and effort to develop maturity in seven key areas, dubbed the 7C’s: contingency planning, cross-functional coordination, transparent communication, compassion, confrontation of hard truths, control, and continuity.

MIT Sloan Management Review
Openalex Percentile: Top 36%
Public Relations and Crisis Communication
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