Leadership is always important, but in the middle of a crisis, let alone a pandemic, the leader has the most critical role in the organization. Get it right, you will not only survive the crisis, but you will also thrive. Get it wrong, your company and your team will struggle.
In the face of the crisis, how you lead, what you focus on, how you choose to spend your time are the vital decisions you have to make every single day. Does leading in a crisis beg a different type of leadership?
PeaceTime Vs. WarTime Leader
A few years back, there was a great article in Harvard Business Review about the difference between a peacetime leader and a wartime leader. The article stated that:
In peacetime, companies have a significant advantage vs. the competition in the core market and market expansion. In times of peace, the leader and the company can focus on market