HOW TO LEAD THROUGH A CRISIS

Dr. Wilbert R. Mutoko (PhD, FHEA) is a business doctor, financial wellness speaker, business strategist, researcher and senior lecturer at undergraduate and master’s degree level for business management and entrepreneurship & business leadership at the Botswana Accountancy College School of Business & Leisure. Dr. Wilbert is the author of four books entitled: 15 Secrets for Personal Financial Success – A Simple Step-by-Step Plan for Financial Freedom | 16 Mistakes Singles Make Volume One – A Guide to Successful Dating & Courtship that leads to Blissful Marriage | What you have is Enough - How to become wildly successful in finance and business starting from where you are now. | The fourth book is a free pdf - | Financial Freedom – It’s your turn for financial success. You can get the free ebook by emailing or sending a WhatsApp message to the author. All the books are available at Exclusive Books (Riverwalk) and Bala Books (Rail Park Mall). Dr. Mutoko writes in his personal capacity. For feedback, you can contact him on email: wilbertmutoko@gmail. com. Or WhatsApp: +267 71 824 591.

By Dr. Wilbert R. Mutoko crisis, for that matter, to go; you would rather re-

Tstrategize. Have a plan for the next two or three he true test of leadership is when you years. Remember that failure to plan is planning lead through a crisis. The Covid19 crisis to fail. is one of the worst seasons that the Refresh policies or put new policies in place world has ever come across. I do not think there Relook at your policies. Are all the policies still has ever been a time in history where the whole relevant, or some of them need to be refreshed to world shook because of a virus that did not select be relevant to this climate. For example, these days whether people and nations were wealthy or not. many employees are working from home. Does The Covid19 has shown no regard for skin colour, your organization have policies that stipulate what race, status, intelligence or whatsoever. That should happen as employees work from home? having been said, this is one of the toughest times Learn new presentation skills – online to be a leader, whether in the home, at a school, in Presentation skills are essential to every the corporate, in the community, and at national, leader. With the advent of the fourth industrial international, or global level. The world is faced revolution and Covid19, it becomes mandatory for with the severe impact of this pandemic. Thus, every leader to develop online presentation skills the question is, how can you and I lead in tough to avoid being overtaken by events. For example, times like these. Below I suggest ways in which as a leader, are you able to organize and handle a leaders can manoeuvre through these rough and meeting on Zoom, Google Meet, MS Teams, or tumultuous waters. other such platforms? Do not be left behind.

Stop wishing that things go back to normal Communicate more often with your team

Any leader who wishes There has never been a things would go back to With the advent of better time for you to keep normal should understand that we are in the new normal. It is not time to wish, but to the fourth industrial revolution and constantly communicating with your followers. These are extremely harsh plan to secure the future of Covid19, it becomes circumstances for everyone. generations to come. Consult with your team The 21st century is well known for consulting with mandatory for every leader to develop online presentation So, your team wishes to know your thoughts per time. Show that you care more than ever before his/her team before taking skills to avoid being This is the most important most steps. Thus, in a crisis, consultation is a must if you overtaken by events. time for you to show your team that you care. Otherwise, want to succeed together with you remain with physical the team. Gone are the days bodies of your followers while where the leader would keep surprising everyone their souls are roaming around the streets looking with unknown moves. for better homes. Have conversations – ask your

Empower yourself through reading, team about their fears etc. Organize counselling studying, mentorship and using consultants services where necessary. Help to pay rent for

Personal development is a must for leaders. somewhere necessary. When you stop growing, your leadership Support your people through the hard times capabilities stagnate. The same happens to your Some of your followers need more than organization. Therefore, it is apparent that as a just normal communication. They may need leader, you should spend time reading relevant psychological interventions. Keep an ear on the books, articles, and maximizing on mentorship. ground and make sure that you keep re-training All your followers are looking up to you, so you your followers to match the demands of this new better keep developing yourself daily. world. A confused team is an incompetent team.

Re-strategize I wish you the best of every success as a leader.

Instead of waiting for Covid19 crisis or any Together we will sail through this crisis.

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