What It Takes To Be A Leader In Times Of A Crisis

Are you the leader in your organisation during these unprecedented times? Does it affect your ability to remain calm and maintain a sense of perspective? Well, you are not alone. Crises demand that leaders take an emergency response plan and adapt it as new evidence and factors present themselves towards enhancing their skill set.

When faced with a crisis, leaders are forced to think and behave in ways that feel unfamiliar whether in a technological position or otherwise. But what exactly are these unfamiliar ways?

Gene Klann, author of Crisis Leadership, advises that crises demand that the goal of every leadership be to ‘reduce loss and keep things operating as normal as possible’.

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This may seem so far-fetched, especially for first-time leaders or those who have never encountered crises throughout their leadership tenures, which is the case for most leaders during COVID-19.

Klann advises leaders to use appropriate communication channels. He says, “Once essential information is gathered, it should be disseminated to the entire organization by every means possible. Information is the oil that greases an organization and keeps it running smoothly.”

With effective communication as the 21 C salvage for leadership in crisis, CIO East Africa calls your attention to a webinar, slated on the 28th April 2020, 3.00 PM EAT to discuss this, and other effective leadership skills. Leadership for a time when the world and its markets are changing and technological transformation becomes imperative.

Speakers will be Louis Onyango Otieno, Non-Executive Director at Nation Media Group,  Chairman Of The Board, Absa Asset Management (K) Ltd, and Chairman of the Board at Sera Afrika.  Lanre Onasanya, Managing Director at Bonum Limited together with Laura Chite, CEO CIO East Africa will also speak at the webinar.

To participate in this free webinar, register here, or reach out to events@cio.co.ke for more information.