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Personal reflections on leadership during Covid19.
A thread.
A thread.
You know your colleagues and teams need your support now more than ever, not just professionally.
You are conscious of this and you care.
You feel you're never quite able to reach the standards you set for yourself in meeting everyone's needs and wants.
You are conscious of this and you care.
You feel you're never quite able to reach the standards you set for yourself in meeting everyone's needs and wants.
Your networks/contacts are likely to have grown considerably. Suddenly you are working with & working for people or orgs you may previously never have. Cultures are different; they may not understand your role/remit; they're looking to you for help and wanting to give it too.
Your capacity is pushed to the limits as you take on as much as you can to support your service in it's response, as well as maintaining whatever of the BAU as you can.
You won't always get everything right.
You will make mistakes.
You have to accept the good enough too often.
You won't always get everything right.
You will make mistakes.
You have to accept the good enough too often.
Things aren't static.
New guidance is issued constantly; you try to keep on top of it, implement and respond to it.
You know the same is true for all those around you.
New guidance is issued constantly; you try to keep on top of it, implement and respond to it.
You know the same is true for all those around you.
You worry about the sustainability of the services you rely on and the people dependent on that care and support.
You want your communities to thrive and survive.
You want your communities to thrive and survive.
You are likely doing all the above in a virtual or distanced way. Your days merge into each other, spent in teleconferences and back to back mtgs, sometimes talking to faceless icons without the benefit of body language cues or the camaraderie you get from going in person.
People are tired.
You know this.
You are tired too.
You do your best to stay positive and keep energised.
You know this.
You are tired too.
You do your best to stay positive and keep energised.
There are opportunities everywhere you look. You want to embrace them all. It feels important.
You need to be realistic and selective in what you can prioritise and achieve for now.
You need to be realistic and selective in what you can prioritise and achieve for now.
Much of what you do will go silently under the radar.
You feel a great sense of responsibility.
You know that despite all the hard work, all your combined efforts and activity, there is more that needs doing and 'winter is coming'.
You've probably never achieved or delivered quite so much in such a condensed period of time or in so many varied strands of work.
Yet somehow feel you're never as productive as you wish to be.
Yet somehow feel you're never as productive as you wish to be.
It's vital to remember that the challenges facing leaders today, during covid19, are likely to be the toughest conditions you may face over such a prolonged period of time.
The skills you are honing are making you stronger, more capable, more resilient, more aware, more reflective, more engaged.
The boundaries being broken and red tape being cut is delivering great innovation & allowing leaders to emerge at all levels and deliver amazing things.
The boundaries being broken and red tape being cut is delivering great innovation & allowing leaders to emerge at all levels and deliver amazing things.
So be kind to yourself as well as to others.
Remember the value of empathy. It matters now more than ever and will get you through tough times.
Keep persevering. Don't give up.
You're doing a great job.
Remember the value of empathy. It matters now more than ever and will get you through tough times.
Keep persevering. Don't give up.
You're doing a great job.
