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By Topic: FDNY, 9/11 (and beyond)

September 11, 2001. The FDNY fought its way through the horror of the collapse of the Twin Towers, labored through the immediate aftermath, and recreated itself over decades. Lessons abound.

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Lessons for Leaders from 9/11 and the FDNY

This coming September will mark 23 years since the WTC towers went down.

Paul Brown (FDNY, captain, retired), Andre Kotze (executive coach, Teamworks), and I continue our now 7 year project of interviewing retired FDNY first responders from 9/11/01.

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Timing is Everything

Here’s a brief piece in Work@Wharton article drawing on my research with retired FDNY first responders on 9/11.

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Lessons from 9/11 for Leaders in Challenging Times

FDNY and September 11 offers valuable, hard earned lessons to those trying to lead through the all too challenging times we face today.

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