COVID-19: Lessons in Leadership
The COVID-19 pandemic has challenged society in many ways, creating anxiety around health, finances, and the future. As we navigate these challenges we seek guidance and reassurance from our leaders. Also, leaders bring to their roles a variety of leadership strategies and styles. Some leaders are robust, and others are so quiet and unassuming that we may overlook their impact. Even a quick glance at history reveals strong leaders who have helped us navigate periods of significant change, such as Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, John F. Kennedy, Angela Merkel, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Rosa Parks, to mention a few.
Leaders appear on the national stage, at state levels, and within private and non-profit organizations. There are also quiet warrior “leaders” in health care and food service, who day in and day out muster the courage to march into battle against the coronavirus, sacrificing themselves for the sake of others.