When someone utters the word ‘leader’ we often first think of the Prime Minister of the country, CEO, manager, or team leader. Some might extend a thought to the man or woman of the house who takes care of the needs of families, support them during the troubles and give them the freedom to thrive with a choice of making decisions and owning mistakes.
In short, you don’t always need a title to be a leader. A leader is someone who “lifts a person's vision to high sights raises a person's performance to a higher standard builds a personality beyond its normal limitations,” as Austrian management consultant Peter Drucker says.
Whether it is leading a family, an organization or a country every leader has to face a crisis such as the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic that tastes their leadership prowess. And during such tough times when your family, team, or citizens of the entire nation is facing the fear of the unknown a leader is the only hope who, as American author John Maxwell says, “knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.”
However, with every COVID wave, the current global pandemic is bringing thousands of problems known and unknown, seen and unseen. These dark circumstances require unlearning and relearn leadership in a new light. And along with embracing the ‘new normal’ of the post-COVID era, leaders also have to inculcate these new leadership traits to lead during the crisis of COVID-19.
#1 Candor
Candor especially during this time means honesty without ambiguity. People respond much better to the known even to the bad news. The unknown or half-known situations further fuel anxiety or misleading information does worse damage of losing trust long-term.
Confiding in your team and shedding a complete light on a situation, the good and the bad, give a concise idea of the circumstances to your team, which helps them get ready for the worse, and toughen up to find a way forward together as a team.
#2 Communication
Communications held by the leaders during the crisis must be factual, consistent, and reliable. Holding regular conversations explaining and discussing current scenarios whether it's related to business growth, strategies, employee productivity or government policies will help your team stay updated during tough times and ready to embrace or drive the change that needs to better the situation.
Then again, adding facts, stats, and discussion with subject experts will clear their doubts also enhancing their trust over you as their leader showing your robust efforts to find the right and practical solutions during the crisis keeping in mind the future business as well employees.
#3 Open to change
When the country began to shut down due to coronavirus in March 2021, it was a never-seen-before moment for everyone including the leaders. This time of uncertainty required leaders to avoid the temptation of ‘sticking to the plan’ and quickly adapt the flexible and practical approach in order to help the business and team survive. Furthermore, the rigidity of sticking to former policies or delay in changing the course means drastic consequences for the health of a business as well as staff.
The ongoing crisis demands continuity of this openness to change from leaders with regular actions of reviewing data, information, and feedback and encourages a change of action whenever necessary.
And most leaders at home, companies, and parliaments have inculcated these traits at the right time that have helped them to make the right decisions. And the results are surviving companies and thriving organizations post-pandemic-era.
The latest edition of Insights Success “Pragmatic Personalities - 2021” features such leaders who with these traits have been leading teams and driving businesses to only survive during the crisis but move forward with more strength, diligence, and opportunities to thrive.
You all might have got this question at least once in your life.Today, people are known to be successful or extraordinary, at some point in their past they were merely seen as ordinary individuals.
While some have been born leaders, some might not even have had enough resources like others but still managed to make it.Did they have any recipe to be successful?
They would not have made it if they didn’t have the required perseverance and patience in them.
They certainly would have followed their own instincts, overcame every obstacle and failure, and built their own path to reach where they are today.This clearly indicates that there is no such defined path or way that will ensure success.
You may end up building your own recipe of success, which may not work for others.If there is one thing that you can count on, it is studying their leadership styles and approaches and inculcate the same in your professional tenure.
In this edition of “The 10 Most Successful Business Leaders to Follow 2021”, we have handpicked those encouraging leaders who created their own successful sagas with their dedicated endeavors, grit, and determination.Featuring on the cover of this edition is Cameron Barrett, a personification of Accountability, Commitment, Teamwork, Innovation, Ownership, and Nimbleness.When passion meets expertise, the results achieved are transformative.
Over the years, we have observed that leadership have transformed, moulded, and redefined by exceptional personalities.
Such people have a sense of responsibility imbibed in their functionality and they show case the highest standard of work ethics wherever they go.In business, leadership is not just defined by a person’s ability to lead but the way a leader takes his/her team towards newer heights.
It is a complex concept with sincere outlooks on how a person’s ability to spearhead people and project can lead to numerous advantages and most of all, productive results.
Transforming businesses is a job of a leader, specified to his/her core.
Leading by example and helping co-workers wherever they can, is few of the things that a business leader needs to do.
An ideal business leader is one who identifies troubles and issues not in just a workplace but in people who are going through something and proposing valuable insights for them to cope up with the challenge.
From leading the country to being at the helm of organizations in various sectors, women are making their marks everywhere.
It all starts with their endurance and the purpose of bringing a change in other’s lives.Today, the focus of many organizations is on the push to women in leadership roles.
Their quality to strengthen and inspire their team sets the example for everyone.
They follow a culture where people can come together, contribute, be challenged, and become the best.Businesswomen believe in nurturing relationships with teamwork, trust, and respect.
They always try to bring fresh and new ideas to the table.
More importantly, their natural confidence, strength, integrity, and core value stands out in any situation.
