When faced with a crisis, the best leaders will:

Recognize that it's most important to do damage control; fight to live another day.

Hire a consultant on how to get through it$,$ so if mistakes are made they can blame the consultant instead.

Recognize there is an opportunity in every crisis. It is a time where major growth can happen, if the leader does their job well.

Hire a consultant so they get an honest outside perspective on how to best spin the crisis and minimize the damage.