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Leading in a Crisis

Uncertainty can be disorienting and disruptive. Learn from business leaders about what it’s like to navigate organizations and employees through a global pandemic. Collection materials may include company-wide communications from CEOs, thought leadership articles or strategic planning documents for finding a new way forward as businesses reopen.

FedEx CEO is "more optimistic than most" on industrial rebound.

FedEx CEO is ‘more optimistic than most’ on industrial rebound

By: Thomas Black
Source: BNN Bloomberg
Date of Publication: May 14th, 2020
"FedEx Corp. is seeing a recovery of industrial shipments and hiring 4,000 workers a week to handle a flood of e-commerce packages, making Chief Executive Officer Fred Smith 'more optimistic than most' about an economic rebound."
TAGS:
Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
E-commerce
Employees
Recovery
Page Up Issue Brief: Coronavirus

Page Up Issue Brief: Coronavirus

By: Page Up
Source: Page Society
Date of Publication: March 9th, 2020
As communications leaders on the front lines of your organization’s coronavirus response, you need relevant and timely information, including best practices from other companies. Page Up is committed to providing this sharing platform and
distilling takeaways into a useful format. This is the first in a new series of Issue Briefs designed to help you stay on top of emerging issues and what other members are doing to address them.
TAGS:
Employees
Leadership
Misinformation
A Message from Zoetis CEO Kristin Peck _ Zoetis

A Message from Zoetis CEO Kristin Peck

By: Kristin Peck
Source: Zoetis
Date of Publication: March 15th, 2020
A Message from Zoetis CEO Kristin Peck regarding the company in the face of coronavirus.
TAGS:
Animals
Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Guidelines
Livestock
Remote videoconferencing
Supply
Work from home (WFH)
CEO President Letter_Williams-Sonoma

Dear William-Sonoma Customers

By: Laura Alber Ryan Ross
Source: William-Sonoma
Williams-Sonoma announcement to customers regarding store closures during coronavirus pandemic.
TAGS:
Cleaning protocols
Closures
Customers
Guidelines
Masks
Protective equipment
Store closing
Nasdaq Responds to COVID-19 _ Nasdaq

Letter from Nasdaq President and CEO Adena Friedman

By: Adrena Friedman
Source: Nasdaq
Letter from Nasdaq President and CEO Adena Friedman regarding the exchange.
TAGS:
Communities
Donations
Flatten the curve
Partnerships
Small businesses
Coronavirus Supplier Statemen

Coronavirus Supplier Update

By: Salvatore A. Abbate
Source: Veritiv
Date of Publication: March 20th, 2020
Update for suppliers about the company from Salvatore A. Abbate, Chief Operating Officer
TAGS:
Price increases
Prioritizing
Suppliers
Name Coronavirus Statement, Veritiv Corporation

Veritiv Remains Operational

By: Salvatore A. Abbate
Source: Veritiv
Date of Publication: March 23rd, 2020
Statement from Salvatore A. Abbate, Chief Operating Officer, about the company remaining open to serve customers during coronavirus.
TAGS:
Operational guidelines
Personal protective equipment (PPE)
Products
Services
Warehouses
A Message from our CEO - Rite Aid

A Message from Rite Aid’s CEO

By: Heyward Donigan
Source: Rite Aid
Date of Publication: April 6th, 2020
A Message from Rite Aid’s CEO to friends and neighbors regarding service during the coronavirus.
TAGS:
Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Communities
Corporate response
Discounts
Heroes
Hiring
Programs
Retail stores
Telehealth
A note from our founders_Wayfair

A Note From Our Founders, Wayfair

By: Niraj Shah Steve Conine
Source: Wayfair
Date of Publication: April 8th, 2020
Letter from Wayfair founders to customers regarding the company's service during the coronavirus.
TAGS:
Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Cleaning protocols
Consults
Corporate response
Deliveries
Guidelines
Paid time off (PTO)
Pay increases
Sanitization
CEO Message_KHovnanian Homes

A Message from Our CEO Ara Hovnanian

By: Ara K. Hovnanian
Source: Hovnanian Enterprises
Date of Publication: May 1st, 2020
A message from our CEO, Ara Hovnanian, regarding the company's guidelines during the pandemic.
TAGS:
Communities
Family
Front line
Guidelines
Healthcare workers
Home
Personal protective equipment (PPE)
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