About this episode

Tracy Nolan shares her leadership philosophy on putting people first during crises.

Tracy Nolan has led tens of thousands of people through defining crises (store closures, 9/11, a pandemic merger), and her through-line is always the same: jump in and put people first. In this episode, the Fortune 50 Executive shares the hard-won leadership philosophy that proves the human side of crisis leadership isn't soft; it's the only strategy that actually works.

People in this episode

Host: Céline Williams

Guest: Tracy Nolan

Topics covered

• crisis leadership
• people first
• executive leadership
• management strategies
• human side of leadership

Keywords

• crisis
• leadership
• Fortune 50
• people first
• management
• executive
• pandemic
• store closures
• 9/11

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Fortune 50

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