Add Value to People in Crisis

1. A crisis will prioritize for us what we will not prioritize for ourselves. It keeps the “main thing,” the Main Thing. It forces us to make critical changes we wouldn’t have made under other circumstances.
2. Uncertainty causes more stress than bad news. More people would prefer bad news to no news at all. A mark of leadership is transparency in a crisis. It's okay for leaders to be uncertain; but we cannot be unprepared.
3. Respect is gained on difficult ground. All growth is uphill. The more difficult the ground, the more respect you earn. A crisis takes us out of “auto-pilot” and automatically into either growth or decline mode.
4. A crisis shows our strength and posture. Adversity breeds strength. “You never know how strong you are, until being strong is your only choice.”-Bob MarleyA leader’s posture is more important seen standing up in a crisis.
5. A crisis tests if you live by what you teach. Leaders know the way, show the way and go the way; not lip service. A crisis allows you to lead by example like no other time for the benefit of your people.
6. A crisis is good for us to remember that we are not in control. We need to keep “faith vs. fears” in check and differentiate between what we can and cannot control in our leadership arena to help others.