Aviad Goz
Rethinking leadership system Leaders today need a new compass to be able to navigate in these unprecedented times of change
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eadership system� is a term recently coined to describe the full range of how leadership is exercised, formally and informally, throughout organizations. The COVID-19 crisis has significantly changed the role of leadership in organizations, having an impact above and beyond the functioning of any given system. The life experiences of those who lead now have not prepared them for this mega VUCA crisis. A static system will not do for leaders under the current state of affairs because of the vast amount of changes and the prevailing uncertainty. What leaders need instead is a systematic approach to be able to navigate themselves and their people. This approach must be agile, current, and accurate. They cannot simply rely on their previous leadership capabilities. They need a new compass to be able to navigate in these unprecedented times of change. | FEBRUARY 2021
Leaders need to take into account the human factor – which goes beyond business and operations, much more than they have done before. It is the element of leading people as people When the level of uncertainty and ambiguity is almost infinite, people look up to their leaders for answers to some fundamental needs. It has always been like that throughout the history of crisis management. Be it a war, or a natural disaster, people’s needs
in such times are known and have been recorded over the ages.
The human factor in leadership now
In times of crisis, leaders owe their people a clear sense of direction and focus, even when visibility is very
