Crisis Leadership: Selected References

The literature on crisis leadership has grown considerably due to the need for leadership response to the COVID pandemic. Here we present a bibliography of selected publications.

Key messages

• A crisis presents many problems that need to be solved but it also presents several opportunities  which can be taken advantage of.

• In the crisis, it is important for the leaders to have support from a team with multiple expertise and perspectives.

• Leaders need to communicate with transparency and honesty while giving a message of hope.

• Organizations or societies which have high degree of trust in their leaders and among their members are more likely to survive the crisis with minimal damage. Therefore, building/enhancing such trust is a continuing leadership task.

References

1. Martin Reeves (2020). Broadening your perspective on crisis leadership. In Coronavirus: Leadership and Recovery: The Insights you need from Harvard Business Review. HBR Press.

2. Chris Nichols, Shoma Chatterjee Hayden and Chris Trendler (2020). Four behaviors that help leader manage a crisis. https://hbr.org/2020/04 Accessed on June 10 2022.

3. Gian piero Petriglieri (2020). The psychology behind effective crisis leadership. Harvard Business Review April 22, 2020

4. Klann Gene (2003). How to lead through crisis. Center for Creative Leadership. www.ccl.org

5. Crisis leadership and 6 essential components, accessed at www.indeed.com November 15 2021

6. Gemma D’Auria, Aaron De Smet. (2020). Leadership in a crisis: Responding to the corona virous outbreak and future challenges. www.mckinsey.com Accessed on June 10 2022

On Youtube:

1. Amy C. Edmondson. How to lead in crisis The way we work. A TED series www.ted.com October 26 2020.

2. Leading through crisis: A virtual leadership summit with John C. Maxwell Day 1,2,3,4. March 22-26 2020.

3. Craig Groeschell: Leading through crisis. Leadership podcast https://podcasts.apple.com March 27 2020.