Leadership in Chaos

Capt Barbossa in the Malestrom

A few bullet points about how to think about leading your team regardless of whether you are hunkering down or leaning in during the storm.

• Be decisive and also informed. One comes before the other.
• Make the hard choices sooner then explain the “why” to your team
• Plan, Plan, Plan, Plan and then Rehearse through modeling and data analysis
• Seek healthy outlets for the emotional anxiety. We all have it so don’t pretend. Do a walking meeting (virtually or physically) rather than one of those tip the glass meetings online.

That said, I’m going for a bike ride. My first in two years since the accident. Wish me luck.