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Strong companies will survive and even thrive beyond the current coronavirus. But, in the midst of this crisis, now is the time to define the context in all you do, communicate and over-communicate inside-out, and prepare to play even more urgent offense in your strategy and execution. Today, the coronavirus crisis is the context of all leadership, strategy, and communications. We and every company we work with are in crisis mode, coronavirus crisis mode, political crisis mode, economic crisis mode. And the coronavirus pandemic will sprout more and larger crises spreading across companies, markets, businesses, and people. In terms of health, business, and leadership, these are uniquely difficult times.

A news cycle does not go by today without extensive attention to coronavirus and what is happening in different parts of the world, with various industries, with individuals and more. Art Gormley, a principal at our Firm, who has been through a number of these situations...

Power can be taken, but not given. The process of taking is empowerment itself. —Gloria Steinem In the middle of Tom Wolfe’s Bonfire of the Vanities New York of the late 1980s, I meet her walking along Park Avenue, recognizable even in classic sunglasses, and so I say hello...

It’s as if the first astronaut skipped the moon and went right to Mars! —Unknown Sports Writer He barely qualifies to stand here. The day before, he had overstepped the takeoff board—twice!—then remeasured his steps and took a careful, safe third and final jump from behind the...