Four Leadership Behaviors in Effective Crisis Management

<p>Based on more than 21,000 leadership assessments among C-suite executives, the research team at&nbsp;<a href="https://ghsmart.com/team/?func=14" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">ghSMART</a>&nbsp;have learned that leaders need to cultivate four behaviors in themselves and their teams to successfully manage a crisis: decide with speed over precision, adapt boldly, reliably deliver, and engage for impact.</p> <p><strong>1. Decide with speed over precision:</strong></p> <p>Rapid decision making is key to victory in crisis management. A simple, scalable decision making framework needs to be established, which involves the followings:</p> <p>&middot; Define priorities: Set a priority list to focus on tackling the most crucial issues, for example, employee safety, customer care, etc. It&rsquo;s important to keep the priority list flexible, since it needs to change with the evolution of the situation.</p> <p>&middot; Make trade-offs: Trade-offs abound in competitive environments, even more so in a crisis where leaders have to juggle between choices of quick money or long-term relationship, the urgent or the important, etc. A well-defined priority list can help leaders make smart trade-offs.</p> <p>&middot; Delegate decision making: Push decision making down to the front line as much as possible. It&rsquo;s those closest to the problems who know best what to do. However, it&rsquo;s also imperative to set proper boundaries of authority that indicate clearly who has the power to decide on what.</p> <p><a href="https://maggiesunonline.medium.com/four-leadership-behaviors-in-effective-crisis-management-bb49c079306a"><strong>Website</strong></a></p>