Resources on Crisis Leadership
The Center for Creative Leadership (an ILA group member) shares resources on crisis leadership from their library.
Articles
Leading in a Crisis
Papers. [In partnership with the Australia New Zealand School of Government, top international crisis experts have mined the crisis management literature to create a new series of short, practical briefing papers with cutting-edge knowledge accessible to practitioners.
Crisis Leadership Excellence: Navigating in, Beyond, and Through a Crisis
In this article, leadership expert Theo H. Veldsman provides a framework for understanding effective crisis leadership, the core competencies needed, and the “10 commandments” of crisis leadership excellence.
Virtual Leadership Development Recommendations in the COVID-19 World
Google document put together by ILA member Leadership Learning Community that shares learning around working virtually and supporting leadership in a virtual context. Includes a section on creating optimal virtual leadership development experiences.
Eight Emerging Lessons: From Coronavirus to Climate Action
ILA 2020 featured speaker Otto Scharmer shares eight emerging lessons from the global COVID-19 crisis.
Pandemic Care Resources
Tara Brach, author of Radical Compassion, popular podcaster, and founder of Insight Meditation Community of Washington, D.C., provides a selection of online talks and guided meditations to help people through these difficult times.
Greater Good’s Guide to Well-Being During Coronavirus
Published by UC Berkeley, Greater Good Magazine’s mission is to share scientific research that can help promote a happier, more compassionate society. They’ve created a special page full of resources including stories, tips, and tools for taking care of ourselves during this global crisis.
On Being Podcast – Rebecca Solnit “Falling Together”
Rebecca Solnit celebrates the unpredictable and incalculable events that so often redeem our lives, and searches for the hidden, transformative histories inside and after crisis events such as Hurricane Katrina.
Appreciative Resilience: Seeking Hope in Times of Despair
Webinar with Joan McArthur-Blair & Jeanie Cockell who discuss strategies from their book Building Resilience with Appreciative Inquiry: A Leadership Journey Through Hope, Despair, and Forgiveness.
Leading Teams Online
Webinar video. ILA Member Joanna Beth Tweedy is joined with others in this webinar on project management, maintaining communication, team camaraderie, and quality assurance in an online environment. Resources on these topics are shared.
Leadership and Professional Local Government Managers: Before, During, and After a Crisis
Report. ICMA Research Report sharing reflections from city leaders who lived through crisis. The report analyzes effective leadership skills and techniques, providing lessons learned and best practices.
Crisis Leadership During the Coronavirus Pandemic and Xenophobia
Jean Lau Chin, co-editor of ILA’s book, Global and Culturally Diverse Leaders and Leadership, discusses how scapegoating becomes a prevalent phenomenon in times of crisis if we categorize people based on stereotypes, blame victims for their plight, and maintain an outgroup bias of negatively treating those perceived as different.