Your team needs to finish a project within the deadline, but one of your most valuable resources for the project went on emergency leave and you/your team doesn't have any update on that. What will you do?

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In case of emergency leave of a valuable resource, I will take the following steps to ensure project completion within deadline.

Assess the impact of the absence on the project timeline and deliverables
Identify if there are any other team members who can take over the responsibilities of the absent resource
If no one can take over, explore the possibility of outsourcing or hiring a temporary resource
Communicate with the client/stakeholders about the situation and the potential impact on the project timeline
Re-prioritize tasks and redistribute workload among the team members to ensure timely completion of the project