Weekly Dose of Growth: Four Leadership Behaviors During Crisis

Published: April 24, 2020, 4 a.m.

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In this episode #550, Dr. Rob shares the 4 essential behaviors a leader should have during a crisis. Let\\u2019s dive into today\'s episode and find out how these behaviors can lead to an organization\\u2019s success!

Things you will learn in this episode:

  • Dr. Rob McCleland Opening Segment -\\xa0#546 Recap\\xa0(0:20)

    • Dr. Rob mentions the previous episode, click\\xa0here\\xa0to listen.

    • Overview of this week\'s topic, the behaviors of a leader during a crisis.

  • The importance of a Leader\'s behavior when managing a crisis (2:21)

    • Don\'t just think, act on it!

  • Drastic changes during a crisis (3:32)

    • Dr. Rob talks about the dramatic changes on businesses\' roles over the last month

    • Controlling costs and liquidity

  • Behavior # 1: Deciding with speed over precision (4:24)

    • Making decisions. They decide to decide.

    • Define your priorities

  • Final words from Dr. Rob -\\xa0End of #546 Recap\\xa0(7:54)

  • Behavior # 2: Adapt Boldly!\\xa0 -\\xa0Start of #547 Recap\\xa0(9:08)

    • Dr. Rob talks about the best organizations that hires slowly and fires quickly

    • Do what\'s best for the organization

  • Deciding what not to do (10:56)

    • What are your choices?

  • We are gonna adapt quickly! (11:40)

    • What\'s most important to your clients?

  • Build your boldness and adapting with direct connections to your frontline (12:54)

    • Dr. Rob talks about knowing what\'s happening on the frontlines

    • knowing how things are actually done on your organization

  • "You have to have leaders all throughout your organizations." (15:29)

    • Overcommuniate and admit where you need help!

    • Learn from the people who are closest to the action

  • Final words from Dr. Rob -\\xa0End of #547 Recap\\xa0(16:58)

  • Behavior #3: Reliably deliver -\\xa0Start of #548 Recap\\xa0(18:42)

    • Planning something is different from actually doing it

  • To reliably deliver, take personal ownership (19:47)

    • What can I say YES to?

  • Priorities (20:53)

    • Dr. Rob talks about committing to your priorities in order to deliver

    • Dr. Rob shares a story about his Olympic athlete friend

  • What am I going to deliver on today? (22:41)

    • Write down your priorities

    • Measure your performance if it is working

  • Stop checking your emails, get your work done and deliver! (23:45)

    • Overcommunicate and admit where you need help!

    • Learn from the people who are closest to the action

  • Stay active! (25:45)

    • Dr. Rob shares something interesting about focus

  • Final words from Dr. Rob -\\xa0End of #548 Recap\\xa0(26:10)

  • Behavior #5: Engaging!! -\\xa0Start of #549 Recap\\xa0(27:03)

    • What are you Engaging with?

    • Who are you Engaging to?

  • What is Engagement? (27:27)

    • Dr. Rob talks about successful people are fully engaged

    • Don\'t be passive

  • Be engaged in your business - employees (28:37)

    • What\'s happening with your team?

    • Dr. Rob shares a story about Jack Ma

    • Do you really care for your employees?

  • Be engaged in your business - clients (33:36)

    • What\'s happening with your clients?

    • What are the things that we can do for them?

    • Their problems are our problems

  • Collect and amplify positive messages (35:09)

    • Dr. Rob shares a story about John Krasinski

  • Final words from Dr. Rob -\\xa0End of #549 Recap\\xa0(36:28)

Tweetable Quotes:

"To reliably deliver you have to take ownership" - Dr. Rob McCleland

"You have to have leaders all throughout your organizations." - Dr. Rob McCleland

"You will always have a company, employment and job if you fall in love with your customers\' problems." - Dr. Rob McCleland

"If you engage well with your employees during this crisis time, you will not regret it." - Dr. Rob McCleland

Resources mentioned in the episode:

You can connect with Rob on\\xa0Instagram,\\xa0LinkedIn,\\xa0Facebook\\xa0or listen to previous episodes on\\xa0Your Daily Dose of Growth Podcast by Dr. Rob McCleland\\xa0for free!

You can also visit his website at\\xa0LeaderTribe.com\\xa0to know more about leadership courses that you can enroll yourself in.

He\\u2019d love to connect with you.

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