{"id":14660,"date":"2020-05-07T13:08:28","date_gmt":"2020-05-07T13:08:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesocialelement.agency\/us\/?p=14660"},"modified":"2020-05-07T13:08:30","modified_gmt":"2020-05-07T13:08:30","slug":"leadership-through-covid-19-a-new-style","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocialelement.agency\/us\/leadership-through-covid-19-a-new-style","title":{"rendered":"Leadership through COVID-19: A new style"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
We\u2019re all going through a difficult time at the moment, whether that\u2019s personally, at work, or both. People are struggling to juggle family life with work, removed from their usual support networks. We all look forward to seeing our friends and family again. For many, there\u2019s an underlying anxiety to life at the moment. As lockdown restrictions ease up gradually in some countries, we ask ourselves about recovery, and how we can emerge from this stronger, but also keeping each other safe.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Helping your teams navigate this new world needs a different approach to leadership – one that is more human and understanding.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Show compassion and vulnerability. <\/em><\/strong>In almost all the video calls I\u2019m doing, whether with work colleagues or with friends, we start the call by asking how we\u2019re all coping. \u201cHow are you?\u201d is a loaded question. People are opening up to each other, and showing some vulnerability in a way that I\u2019ve never seen before.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n It would be out of step for a leader not to do the same, to be vulnerable and have genuine compassion for the people around them and the situation everyone finds themselves in. We\u2019re all speaking to each other from our home environments, with everything that entails. Even for our team, the majority of whom have always worked from home, there are differences – sharing working space with spouses, partners, parents, children who wouldn\u2019t normally be there can be a challenge.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Listen to people you trust. <\/em><\/strong>We tend to think of leaders as being decision-making machines, but making the right decisions in difficult times means listening to the people you really trust, who represent every area of your business, from your employees to your customers. It\u2019s not always easy, and you don\u2019t always hear what you want to, but listening to the people around you – and then acting on what you hear – is incredibly important.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n