Fresh Insights: Leading the way forward
Business lessons from the pandemic abound; how can you use them to push your organization to new heights?
Something new! This is our first “fresh insights” edition. In these newsletters, I will share insights from leaders directly with our subscribers from time to time. My goal is to pass along unfiltered ideas, insights, and experiences and ask for your takeaways. Bonus content may be shared as reports, videos, audio files, and more. I will provide a brief introduction. As always, please feel free to respond in the comment section or reach out to me by email.
Pandemic leadership lessons
Clint Longenecker is a friend, colleague, and co-author of a critical new study on lessons learned by leaders from all around the world during the COVID-19 pandemic. Clint is an expert at people and organizational transformation and Distinguished University Professor of Leadership Excellence Emeritus at the John B. and Lillian E. Neff College of Business and Innovation at The University of Toledo. Here, I share an excerpt from his study.
Please click below to download Legacy leadership lessons from our viral trial, by Clinton O. Longenecker and Laurence S. Fink.
Preview: Executive summary and leader insight
Since 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic has caused businesses to adjust quickly to new disruptions in the workplace. An unparalleled period of “big” leadership learning developed as leaders and organizations around the world worked their way through the challenges. The authors asked more than 400 front-line business leaders from a wide variety of industries to discuss the lessons that they learned in helping their organizations rapidly adapt to the new environment. That input led to the creation of “legacy lessons” that provide important leadership questions.
A division manufacturing president’s reflection:
“To say that these are unprecedented times is a large understatement. Our workforce, our customers, our suppliers, and our leaders are being challenged to their very core as we work our way through the pandemic. ... We are learning a lot about the impact our leaders are having as they step up and do the things that are needed to keep our workforce safe and focused, while doing their very best to quickly solve the problems created by the pandemic. This has been a great time of new learning as we take care of our customers and keep our operation moving forward. Our leaders are being called to perform at a whole new level and in different ways than ever before!”
Your insights?
What did you learn from Longenecker and Fink’s report on pandemic leadership lessons? What are the essential takeaways for B2B innovation and the future of distribution? Please share your comments below or reach me at mark.dancer@n4bi.com.