Fourth Anton Myrer Strategic Leadership Conference: A 'Leadership During Crisis' Workshop

摘要

The Fourth Anton Myrer Strategic Leadership Conference workshop amply demonstrated the value of exchanging views and experience with individuals and organizations of different 'cultural' back- grounds particularly if one is seeking innovative ways to approach challenges such as those presented by far- reaching organizational transformation. Although the crises for various institutions represented in the workshop may differ there appeared to be more similarities in the qualities and attributes required of strategic leaders than not. Senior leaders creating a 'crisis management' team should however be aware of the varying approaches between the leader development processes of academia and business on the one hand and of government and particularly military organizations on the other. If they do so those leaders will recognize the importance of incorporating lessons from all four arenas into their efforts so as to draw upon the strengths of each. Senior leaders should consider deliberately selecting subordinate leaders from all arenas when creating a crisis management team in order better to be prepared for crisis response and more able to mitigate the inevitable clashes of cultural values when multiple communities are involved in a crisis. Equally important is recognition that while the exact definition and dimensions of responsibility and accountability may differ somewhat from sector to sector both ultimately are the critical benchmarks for all strategic leaders during a crisis. Core values of honesty integrity courage and loyalty are relevant and important in every sector and this further demonstrates that the efforts of leaders from each community must be inextricably linked to the maintenance of public trust and confidence without which no business educational institution or government entity can long be successful.