How to Lead Through a Crisis with Steve Patty of Dialogues in Action

Effective leadership is crucial to successfully navigating a crisis, but what does it look like in practice? Steve Patty shares tangible steps every leader can take to not only weather a crisis, but also grow through it. Steve is a teacher, consultant, author, and conference speaker. Through his consulting firm, Dialogues in Action, he helps people and organizations evaluate their impact, expand their influence through leadership, and develop strategies to move their mission forward.

In this episode:

• Productive ways to view a crisis (1:38)
• Opportunities presented by difficulties (3:07)
• How leaders tend to react to crisis (7:01)
• What leaders should do in a crisis (11:34)
• The importance of support structures (15:39)
• Three key actionable steps for leaders to take (16:55)

Additional resources:

• October 22, 2020 recording: How to Lead through Turbulent Times: Six leadership practices for facing adaptive challenges presented by Steve Patty
• Rethinking your Strategy: Planning Recovery for COVID-19 Webinar: Part 1,Part 2,Part 3
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