Leadership in Times of Crisis

The number one challenge I’ve been hearing from leaders around the globe throughout the pandemic has been about leading teams remotely. It comes up in every conversation thus I started gathering resources here and will be adding more:

Check out the May update of the Covid-19: 7 fundraisers in 7 places article for great tidbits on leadership currently in action.

Here’s a reading list from the Harvard Business Review:

• The Psychology Behind Effective Crisis Leadership
  What your people actually need from you.
• Communicating Through the Coronavirus Crisis
  Be as transparent as you can.
• What Good Leadership Looks Like During This Pandemic
  The approach that’s setting nimble leaders apart.
• Lead Your Team into a Post-Pandemic World
  How to set them up for the future.
• We Need Imagination Now More Than Ever
  You can build your organization’s capacity to grow.
• Leading Through Anxiety
  Tend to your own reactions first.
• The Pandemic Has Exposed the Fallacy of the “Ideal Worker”
  Leaders have to face facts about how they use — and abuse — talent.
• How to Manage Coronavirus Layoffs with Compassion
  Be direct and human.