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Greene County staff rehearse crisis leadership model and an election‑day tornado scenario
Summary
County staff attended a Greene County huddle on crisis leadership that introduced Harvard's NPLI 'basement vs. penthouse' model and rehearsed an election‑day tornado scenario to discuss department coordination, unified communications and steps to preserve voter access during emergencies.
Greene County staff gathered for an internal training huddle on crisis leadership that walked participants through Harvard University's National Preparedness Leadership Initiative (NPLI) 'basement versus penthouse' framework and applied it to a hypothetical presidential election‑day tornado.
The presenter, identified in the session as the training facilitator, said the NPLI material was condensed from a full semester course and emphasized that "this isn't about bad leadership," describing the 'basement' as a stress-driven state where leaders default to fight, flight or freeze and lose strategic perspective.…
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