Using Covid-19 As Your Burning Platform To Enact Lasting Change
Chris Beer
Founder, CEO & MD at George & Matilda Eyecare | Business Transformationalist | Retail Specialist | Independents Champion
With the world in turmoil over the devastating impact COVID-19 has had on every single aspect of our everyday lives, it is time for us, as leaders, to lead by example and use this unfortunate situation as a burning platform to enact lasting change that will allow us to emerge in a stronger position than before.
We are in a new era of leadership in which ‘extreme decisiveness’ is a hallmark of competent leadership. Whilst there is no playbook for how best to respond to today’s rapidly changing environment, it is clear that resilient leaders take decisive action – with courage – based on imperfect information, knowing that expediency is essential. Now is not the time to let perfect get in the way of good.
And as you move away from the burning platform, it is important to ensure you create a burning ambition that continues to pull you and your organisation to it so it’s enduring well beyond the phase when the fire has been put out.
Optometrist | Lecturer | Leadership | Communication | Wellbeing
4 年Thank you for your succinct and timely article. Strong leadership requires mental and emotional agility. It definitely requires courage over perfection.
Leader | Tech Enthusiast
4 年Covid-19 has forced all of us to change suddenly: mentally and physically, but also practically. Metrics tracked in February to gauge the health of the business are not the same metrics that need monitoring today. Strategic conversations have shifted to tactical ones. And sensitive topics that would have waited for in-person discussions are now taking place inside a video conference. Much of this change is here to stay for some time and without a playbook to go with, I feel strong leadership has become even more important in this change process.
Business writer, author, speaker, with a life-time of entrepreneurship
4 年Great post. Everyone needs to pivot to survive and why not make it a positive one. We need to believe that some better ways of doing things, some better ways of living will come out of all this to stay positive