Valentin Vasilev
Dear Professor,
I think you have raised a very important question.
Display of leadership skills, today is dependent on use of technology. Lets not get surprised in near future, if we get most of our leaders who are very sound technically. Secondly, I think more than body language as a whole, today's leaders are more dependent on tonal quality of their voice and the content of their leadership skills.
So, I think that today's leaders have changed in a time affected by COVID-19 crisis.
Thank you.
Best regards,
Anamitra.
Yes definitely in such critical juncture of time every one changed according to situation.
In the area of the world i live and from my observation, it has shown their true nature. There has been a higher level of mismanagement and preferential treatment among them. Some have taken advantage of it to exploit people. In other parts of the world I have seen a combination of both good and bad changes in leadership.
No, nothing has changed, on the contrary, in my opinion, this pandemic has come as a blessing for leaders and politicians, but at the same time it was and still is a curse on the poor and needy ... Unfortunately, the poor and the needy always pay the price ... with great regret
I think covid enabled has new insights into leadership identity, and the legitimacy of what leaders say and do via social media.
Presidency via twitter despite simplistic language has been a very effective cultural medium for Trump. His soundbites have created numerous discourses such as fake news, stole election etc. YouTube captures snippets of speeches, sometimes whole speeches. Voice tone, and the language in tweets will become more and more important as surveillance and monitoring of all political leaders.
In terms of every day my husband company have done many things to support him and his family. Days given off to help sick relatives, working at home..and zoom have enabled them to be really thoughtful about balancing work and hime
There must be special leadership in turbulent times, and many leaders may fail in light of this COVID-19 crisis
The qualities might be the same but the experience might be different.
Most of the leader has not changed, but some leaders have been trying to do the betterment for his folks.
Yes Responsibilities of a Leader have been increased due to COVID-19 crisis in the sense that they are to lead others in a very precationary environment
If they have changed, how?
Purvis your review of Trump...well in the world we are all aghast at Trump, his ideas, his self-interest, incompetence..and so forth. His everyday criticism and chastisement of many around him to international leaders (rocket man), and yet the GOP does nothing. This is showing its true colours as an institution for big business and the rich, not ordinary Americans. I'm proud that in UK, that this behaviour would not be countenanced, as there is such a thing as diplomacy, and an ethics of care. An ethics of care that respects and values citizens.
I mean Trump tried to buy Finland?? He didn't get the ethics? Could he have facilitated some development to aid business growth? The personal and political were one and the same. And Presidency by Twitter, very successful but for all the wrong reasons.
But what we need to take on board is the whole governance system.
In Lebanon it is chaos and we all know corruption. But in USA, a supposedly a bastion of democracy and of governance? USA need to do a major PR job on its reputation and systems, as even without Trump, only Millionaires have accessed politics (In many other countries funding is shared allowing a greater diverse group to serve).
Why do many of the Republicans still back and support Trump? Why are 21 Senators supporting Trump in more last ditch efforts to claim the election was rigged?
These Republicans are in the House and Senate and are not leading and guiding for a better society but for their own self interest. US Republican politics has shown itself to be a party for only self serving. The American Dream? Piketty in his Book on US Inequality says inequalities are rising faster than ever. SIGH
Dear Prof. Vasilev!
You spotted an essential point. Leaders must be able to deliver new options for humans to live a safer more sustainable life while fighting with this virus. In so they must observe the environment better:
1) Nature’s 10: ten people who helped shape science in 2020: A COVID vaccine developer, an Arctic voyager and a prime minister are some of the people behind the year’s big research stories. December 15, 2020, Open Access:
https://www.nature.com/immersive/d41586-020-03435-6/index.html
2) Kevin Pollock, Riana Steen (2020). Total Defence Resilience: Viable or Not During COVID‐19? A Comparative Study of Norway and the UK, Risks Hazards & Crisis in Public Policy 3 December 2020, Open Access:
Article Total Defence Resilience: viable or not during COVID-19? A c...
3) Christian M. Beilstein et al. (2020). Leadership in a time of crisis: Lessons learned from a pandemic, Best Practice & Research Clinical Anaesthesiology
Available online 17 November 2020In Press, Corrected Proof, Available at:
Article Leadership in a time of crisis: Lessons learned from a pandemic
4) Caitlin McMullin, Paloma Raggio (2020).Leadership and Governance in Times of Crisis: A Balancing Act for Nonprofit Boards, Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly 2020, Vol. 49(6) 1182–1190 Open Access:
Article Leadership and Governance in Times of Crisis: A Balancing Ac...
Yours sincerely, Bulcsu Szekely
Dear Valentin Vasilev To my opinion, leaders have not changed at all; they have just modified their strategies to adapt to new circumstances. They will reveal their original tenticles, once the covid-19 induced stress is over for ever.
Thanks!
It depends on how we define leaders and which sphere we are talking about. The very notion of leaders in higher education has changed in the recent times, for instance.
In a crisis like this, leaders must laser focus their organizations on survival, employee health, liquidity, protecting customer relationships and maintaining supply chains. For the past few months, sales and marketing leaders around the globe have been leading crisis task forces to understand and manage the immediate impact the Covid-19 virus is having on demand and consequently on sales and marketing resource allocation, budgets, investments and plans. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.forbes.com/sites/forbesinsights/2020/04/18/seven-questions-every-growth-leader-needs-to-ask-in-the-wake-of-the-covid-crisis/amp/
In addition to making painful budget choices, growth leaders must also remain aware of the structural changes going on around them and keep an eye on the long term. Because when the “bottom” comes into sight in several months, every business will turn their attention to rebuilding and adapting to the new normal. “Many of the gains made during the crisis will become permanent” https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.forbes.com/sites/forbesinsights/2020/04/18/seven-questions-every-growth-leader-needs-to-ask-in-the-wake-of-the-covid-crisis/amp/
At an international, national and community level, leaders across all sectors have been required to respond to both direct and indirect effects of this crisis, with little time for preparation, and in a constantly changing environment. For leaders, this significant uncertainty exacerbates the challenges associated with decision making and requires a rapidly adaptive response not usually associated with leadership in more ‘business-as-usual’ times.1 Leadership examples and frameworks during crises exist from the military and emergency management sectors. However, a key challenge of a pandemic is that an effective management of the situation requires large-scale human behaviour change. When adoption is insufficient, collective benefits are not guaranteed. A global pandemic is therefore a ‘litmus test of trust in a health system. https://bmjleader.bmj.com/content/early/2020/09/29/leader-2020-000271
Without specific or large-scale pandemic experience, leadership can still be prepared and proactive. Pandemic planning can learn much from these previous exposures, including the benefits and risks associated with particular management and containment strategies. Emergency management and armed forces sectors stress the importance of regular organisational, sector, and cross-sector-level simulated exercises for building capability for crisis event management. https://bmjleader.bmj.com/content/early/2020/09/29/leader-2020-000271
Covid-19 crisis exaggerates the pressure to all global leaders to change their policy in amid of this grievous pandemic.
Only the Almighty Allah change chis crisis. we should take necessary steps to overcome tgis situation.
Global leaders must rethink about changing their policy,exacerbating challenges associated with decision making which requires rapid response with different community sectors.
It is unfortunate that our leaders who are under 65 years of age, without hesitation, are showing selfish leadership skills by taking the shot of the vaccine before the elderly & pre-existing health conditions of their citizens.
In USA, irrespective of COVID presidential leadership has been self serving and concerned with benefiting networks and business groups he can do deals with. President's are supposed to help advance society. I am now looking to the East where there is genuine commitment to human .
development
I am aghast many many republican senators stay quiet, and have no ethics or moral fibre to challenge this chaos. This is not leadership. Why are they beholden to Trump? Why are they not helping citizens with Covid crisis? Why has Trump got a hold over them? The inactive republicans have denounced their public leadership duties and should be held accountable.
This is not like other countries who are trying to manage the crisis.
This is transition time, and Trump kick-started it. USA is losing its place as a role model in many areas..public administration, political leadership, the advocation of individualism and of non accountable management...number 1 of which is avoiding taxes.
Just a little story. In UK many businesses furloughed staff supported by government, which meant workers got salary. Trump in his hotels in UK Scotland, and some in USA were all sacked by Trump. He could of furloughed. He didn't, he just sacked his employees.
Does that show trust he goes on about? Does that show a commitment to supporting business sector staff?
Transition times.
BRICS...and Africa
Chinazo
Colloboration globally excellent point.
Alas, we need leaders who can diplomatically manage all affairs...much more humility, compassion and a moral heart needed❤️😊
Dear Dr Valentin Vasilev , thank you for your thought provoking question. I do not think the Qualities of leaders or qualities required to be a leader has changed. Those who articulate well, talk big, give unrealistic promises - are the leaders of the past, present and also the future. Warm regards Yoganandan G
I want to raise my hat to our colleagues Terri Purvis
and Beverly Dawn Metcalfe for clarifying the truth. Really, thanks.
"The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The leader adjusts the sails.” -John Maxwell
Thanks Nidhal.
Boris is being very welfare oriented lately, which is against hist conservative principles. In case many folks do not realise Boris is part of landed gentry, or, he has land and is part of royal establishment. A true conservative would not be doing lots to support people. But in UK we do support welfare state so he has to. But he has given his pals lots of deals, using public money for private covid services which were rubbish. Covid needs efforts for all so government should be supporting. This is not achieved by trump giving tax cuts to the rich, and Boris giving his mates deals who do not have correct skills.
Leadership in crisis needs colloborative, humanistic and welfarism. Government should lead as the custodian of societies and ensure that all sectors private, charity etc can work together.
In EU we have welfarism
In ME we have welfarism
In USA... welfarism....it's really collapsing, and ideologically is not part of governance and constitution.
When you think about it, how can you not have welfarism....keep looking East my friends😍😁
Thankyou Nidhal. I think we should call out abuses of power and inaction and it's happening alot .
It's ok to trust learned and experienced people/networks if socially just and trustworthy.
You cannot talk about truth and honesty in USA Whitehouse, it is as dysfunctional more than ever. USA will lose status because they haven't looked after its people. Politicians are looking after themselves.
The fact that Republicans have not had courage to challenge Trump shows that American democracy is no more. They are not governing for the people they are getting paid as Govoners and looking after themselves.
I repeat again they need to be held accountable and start caring for citizens.
I remain aghast at how little The Republicans are doing for the people....perhaps Trump has shown their true light when faced with crisis.
Good and bad, both extreme levels increase. Those who were good earlier become more and vice versa.
Dear Valentin Vasilev
The leader should be more flexible and a decision-maker in this type of crisis.
Dear Michael A. Cretacci , Great look you have presented in your opener! Thank you for joining the discussion. Your opinion is extremely important. I support your opinion and I wish that this discussion will move to the next year and that this platform will be a foundation for offering solutions in the direction of changes in both management practices and changes in the curricula and programs of the educational institutions in which we teach. Leadership qualities change!
It would be good to get more critique and explanation. I have referred to USA? I linked this to the general decline in ethical business and commitment to social justice, that seems to be apparent.
What about other countries? Leadership theory and practice is a not fixed thing. It relates to behaviours of those in leadership roles, and the relationship with their followers. Leadership is shaped by social, economic, environment and political contexts. We are in a state of upheaval and change and requires greater cooperation.
In the global economy we need to re-evaluate the meaning of human progress, which is the aim of the SDGs. Neoliberal ideology with freemarkets and the power of the shareholders since the 80s has not improved the lives of many.
So yes we are all learning how to deal with Covid in our countries but we need global cooperation. And, stating that leadership behaviours and relations have not changed ignores the socio-historical dynamics.
History shows how humans evolve...no change? Really...look anew at the space around you.....
Insight? New perspective? How can there be no change with pandemic? Please explain why this would be helpful
Dear Valentin Vasilev,
Managers in corporations appreciated the role of remote work, the use of which increased significantly in many companies during the SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) coronavirus pandemic.
Regards,
Happy New Year 2021
Dariusz Prokopowicz
I think this is an issue in countries of the world, but in reality, there no significant change of the leaders.
I think folks too tired to think. Short answers so unsatisfactory...
Valentin, this is a relevant and important question to ask especially in the wake of COVID-19. A number of things have changed, including the interactions between leaders in developed and developing countries, the extent to which adaptability and flexibility have increasingly become requisite leadership qualities in line with Fiedler's (1993) contingency approach, the need to effectively use resources to address volatile and increasingly dynamic situations as raised by the pandemic etc...Interesting...
The whole world has changed, including the interaction between the leaders of more powerful and wealthier countries. The world seems to have become more globalised based on the style and manner of communication under this pandemic.
Dear Valentin Vasilev
Some leaders became more strict and other leaders became friendly more than enough.
My personal opinions, most of the leaders would like to do the good things, but the problem is his surrounding flattering folksy.
