Faculty members are frequently called on to manage challenges and handle problems. You will benefit from honing your skills in this area. If an issue rises to a crisis level, your immediate attention should be dedicated to its resolution. Many, if not most, crises are unanticipated, making their management difficult. Personal and family issues usually involve you alone but nonetheless can diminish your effectiveness as a faculty member and affect others. Institutional crises require responses from the whole organization. Crises also can be compoundCrisiscompound (e.g., environmental crises leading to financial problems and health issues). Recognition of the types of crises, how to handle them, and what resources are available in such emergencies is important. Despite their often devastating nature, crises may also afford opportunities to make changes that otherwise might not be possible by creating a burning platform that requires immediate attention. In addition, crises can impart valuable lessons about how to prepare for and perhaps avoid future crises, may draw people together more closely, and may strengthen individual resolve and fortitude.Crisismanagement