What are some of the best books you have read on leadership during a crisis?

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Principal Information Security Officer in Education, 10,001+ employees

"The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz" by Erik Larson

Managing Partner in Finance (non-banking), 2 - 10 employees

Circling the Hairball, Positive Intelligence, Hard thing about hard things

Associate in Finance (non-banking), 2 - 10 employees

The Agony of Decision by Helio Fred Garcia

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So many improvements in an organization depend on not just talking about change, but actually implementing change - specifically: - improving culture - especially at the individual level around owning and delivering on concrete goals or everyday processes - strong accountability - especially around tasking, outcomes and ownership to get-things-done - rising productivity - especially around digital-first and digitally-savvy behaviors like asynchronous work, and peer-to-peer knowledge transfer - continuous improvement in processes - especially via crowdsourced ideas for improvement becoming adopted by everyone - continuous innovation - especially in a way that's process-driven so that lots of ideas can go through a pre-designed funnel Which of the following are true, in your organization?

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Accountability - There's no system for accountability - we just rely on people keeping their word33%

Innovation - There's a structured process to contribute an idea and see the eventual outcome and decisions53%

People - Our company finds it difficult to do any of the above33%

People - Laggards hold things back but certain people and teams make it happen31%

General - We find it difficult to do any of the above15%

IT - We are held back from most of the above by legacy systems and a dependence on IT24%

Processes and Workflow - We've reached a point where email, chat and documentation have been replaced with accountable tasking and repeatable processes17%

Processes and Workflow - We publish processes or documentation and try to keep it up-to-date13%

Something else (comments below)1%

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How do you keep a team motivated in absence of leadership?

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Supply Chain Analyst, Self-employed

You don't. Keeping a team motivated means leadership, if you don't have it, you aren't likely to have motivation. You might motivate the team but it will likely be to leave. If you are lucky they'll leave ...read more

Do you use 1Desk by IPsoft?

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If you had a magic wand - what's the #1 daily business challenge you'd eliminate?

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CTO in Software, 201 - 500 employees

Without a doubt - Technical Debt! It's a ball and chain that creates an ever increasing drag on any organization, stifles innovation, and prevents transformation.

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What are some ideas to keep up team morale remotely? Are there specific or structured adjustments you've made to counteract burnout/keep up productivity and mental health?

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Community User in Software, 11 - 50 employees

organized a virtual escape room via https://www.puzzlebreak.us/ - even though his team lost it was a fun subtitue for just a "virtual happy hour"