HR can help advise on leadership style that suits in crisis times

HR can help advise on leadership style that suits in crisis times
Second is to take the lead in any re-structuring process. Organizational structures for the future will need to be innovative and flexible. And as organizations consider what form to take post Covid, HR leaders could act as advisors on these structures. HR leaders should also play a very active role in helping the process of re-structuring to be as empathetic as possible.

What kind of specific traits and mindsets are required to lead businesses during the crisis?

SL Leading in a crisis is different from leading in regular times because these are times of high uncertainty and stress for everyone. These are also the times when leadership is tested the most because people are looking at their leaders to help make sense of what is happening and what they should do next.

Therefore, the first trait of a leader in being able to lead well in a crisis is the leaders’ ability to lead themselves. Are they really able to manage their own levels of stress first and foremost?

Then second-are they able to understand what is happening around them and make sense of what are often fast-changing and ambiguous signals? The nature of any crisis is that information changes very rapidly, and therefore the leader must have good sources of information and also the ability to make sense of...

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Dr. Shalini Lal

an organisational thought leader and an advisor to leading Indian Organisations, has over two decades of experience working in both Indian and global organisations in senior roles like Escorts Agri and Deustche Bank. She is Founder of Unqbe-an education and advisory firm around the Future of Work.
She is a PhD in Org. Science (UCLA), an MBA (IIM-A) having also penned down a book, 'The Secret Life of Organisations' (Hachette, 2019), specially meant for the young professional entering the workplace.

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Dr. Shalini Lal

an organisational thought leader and an advisor to leading Indian Organisations, has over two decades of experience working in both Indian and global organisations in senior roles like Escorts Agri and Deustche Bank. She is Founder of Unqbe-an education and advisory firm around the Future of Work.
She is a PhD in Org. Science (UCLA), an MBA (IIM-A) having also penned down a book, 'The Secret Life of Organisations' (Hachette, 2019), specially meant for the young professional entering the workplace.

March 2024

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