Six weeks before the attacks of 9-11, then-Colonel Vinny Boles departed Washington D.C. and assumed command of the Army’s recently formed contingency logistics unit called the Field Support Command. The unit was responsible for: all world-wide contingency supplies and equipment, 52 separate technical supply and maintenance assistance offices, and executing the Civilian Contracting Plan, if needed. Six hours after 9-11 this unit went from an 8-hour-a-day routine operation to conducting 24/7 worldwide operations that included Operations in Afghanistan, Iraq, Djibouti, Europe, Asia and the United States. In this real-world presentation Vinny details how an organization defines and plans for a crisis, the impact the crisis has on the organization and how the demands on leaders change in a crisis. You as a leader must set the conditions to absorb the crisis before the crisis occurs.

This presentation is chock full of examples of how “regular folks” stepped up to meet the challenge and are still meeting it today. Your audience will leave with a “We can handle this" attitude.