The Learning Leader: What Do You Do in a Crisis?

3. War room fever
Sometimes in an emergency, the CEO's office feels like a bunker or war room. Acolytes come and go. Minions sit outside waiting for a chance to report. Even once you are admitted to the presence, the leader watches for tweets and texts and e-mails with one eye while looking out of the corner of the other as you share your tidbit of info. You feel like simply another data stream.