Mike McKenna

Legacy of Leadership Volume 1 Mike McKenna

"Only 14% of companies have people ready to step in and replace current leaders." Forbes


The lack of capable leaders, coupled with the lack of succession planning, is troubling. Memes expressing pithy quotes are not an adequate fix, either.

For both emerging and existing leaders, Legacy of Leadership delivers useful and organized insights, compelling stories, and actionable strategies to enhance their legacy as a crisis leader immediately.

To create this one-of-a-kind resource, twenty-one diverse, seasoned leaders from the public and private sector agreed to face-to-face interviews.

They each help us to understand the vital role a leader has before, during, and after a crisis. They each share a case study about their successes and challenges as a leader during a crisis. They each reflect on what they wish they knew at the time and what factors they used in their decision-making. They each share a glimpse into the people whose legacy inspired them. They each deliver specific recommendations for anyone desiring to improve their crisis leadership.

They earned their incredible experiences and wisdom from careers leading their teams through diverse challenges, including business crises, war, natural disasters, financial loss, fire, civil unrest, family crises, criminal behavior, political upheaval, dangerous animals, terrorist attacks, train wrecks, and many others.

The interviews conclude with a total of 242 key takeaways.

While each key takeaway is immediately actionable, additional analysis was conducted to reveal the 12 recurring themes common among the wide variety of crisis leaders.

These comprehensive data points enable rapid understanding, discernment, and implementation.

According to the Global Leadership Forecast, to improve their response to a crisis or disruption, leaders' need to increase their focus in three areas:

Making data-based decisionsGathering multiple and diverse perspectivesEmbracing failure in pursuit of innovation

Leveraging these recommendations and more, Legacy of Leadershipempowers current leaders to improve themselves and the future leaders that follow them.