Lucien Canton
When Lucien Canton talked his way into the San Francisco emergency operations center to volunteer his services during the Loma Prieta earthquake in 1989, he never expected that it would result in a career change that would send him to exotic locations in the Pacific and the Caribbean, involve him in Federal disaster planning at the national level and see him appointed in 1996 as the Director of Emergency Services for San Francisco by Mayor Willie L. Brown, Jr.
A career officer with extensive overseas service, Canton had left the Army to pursue a Master of Business Administration degree from the Thunderbird School of Global Management and had built a solid reputation in the private security sector. Following the Loma Prieta earthquake he accepted a position with the Federal Emergency Management Agency and began a new career in emergency management.
Since 2004, Canton has been an independent management consultant specializing in helping managers lead better in crisis. He is a frequent speaker at national conferences and a guest lecturer at universities both in the United States and abroad. His book, Emergency Management: Concepts and Strategies for Effective Programs, is used as a textbook for both graduate and undergraduate courses.
When Lucien Canton talked his way into the San Francisco emergency operations center to volunteer his services during the Loma Prieta earthquake in 1989, he never expected that it would result in a career change that would send him to exotic locations in the Pacific and the Caribbean, involve him in Federal disaster planning at the national level and see him appointed in 1996 as the Director of Emergency Services for San Francisco by Mayor Willie L. Brown, Jr.
A career officer with extensive overseas service, Canton had left the Army to pursue a Master of Business Administration degree from the Thunderbird School of Global Management and had built a solid reputation in the private security sector. Following the Loma Prieta earthquake he accepted a position with the Federal Emergency Management Agency and began a new career in emergency management.
Since 2004, Canton has been an independent management consultant specializing in helping managers lead better in crisis. He is a frequent speaker at national conferences and a guest lecturer at universities both in the United States and abroad. His book, Emergency Management: Concepts and Strategies for Effective Programs, is used as a textbook for both graduate and undergraduate courses.
It's the End of the World: What Do We Do Now?
Your world is coming apart. You've been taken by surprise by a crisis. You have no idea what's happening or what it all means. Just when it seems that things can't get worse, someone turns to you and says, "You're in charge - what do we do now?" This entertaining presentation uses a case study approach to identify key strategies that work in any crisis. The examples range from the 18th to the 21st Centuries and from natural disasters to poor management decisions. In this presentation, you...
Stop Living in Fear! Keeping Your Sanity in an Uncertain World
Terrorism, climate change, school shootings, contaminated food and water, asteroid strikes, zombie apocalypse - it seems that every day brings a new threat. How can you tell what's really worth worrying about and what is just media hype? How do you keep your balance in a world that seems to be teetering on the edge of doomsday?
You don't have to live in fear. Nor do you have to be a survivalist with a bunker mentality. This presentation shows you how changing your mindset can help...
Selling the Intangible: How Thinking Like a Consultant Can Increase Your Sales
Are you tired of presentations from pop-psychologists, comedians, aging athletes or retired executives? Had enough of the motivational speakers who rev you up during the presentation but whose message has no lasting impact on your audience? Maybe it's time to try something different.
"What can an emergency manager possibly know about sales?" is the question you're asking. After all, how can planning and responding to disasters possible have anything to do with selling services to...
