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EPISODE · Aug 23, 2026 · 25 MIN

What do you do in a crisis?

from This Working Life · host Australian Broadcasting Corporation

How do you react in a crisis? Are you fight, flight, fawn or flee? We all react differently to moments of panic and stress but one thing we all have in common is that they cause us to make rash and poor decisions. Are we stuck like this or can we re-train ourselves to respond to panic and act or lead with a clear head? Guest:Dr James Donald, Senior Lecturer in Work and Organisational Studies at Sydney University and co-author of The Clear Leader=======You can binge more episodes of the This Working Life podcast with your on the job correspondent Lisa Leong on the ABC listen app (Australia) or wherever you get your podcasts. Please email us at [email protected] if you would like to get in touch, we read them all and love hearing from you! 

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