So I reached out to my network and asked:

• Have you personally witnessed great leadership in a crisis?
• If so what did you see, feel and experience?

The answers I got back were fascinating.

• One person told a story of a life and death experience.
• Everyone else shared a work-related experience that impacted them emotionally and sometimes physically.

Think about that for a minute…

In the face of horrific current events in our world – work related crises impact so many more lives!

And just in case you are tempted to dismiss work-related experiences as something that could be called a crisis, check out how Webster defines the word:    noun cri·sis \ˈkrī-səs\: plural cri·ses  \ˈkrī-ˌsēz\:

• An emotionally significant event or radical change of status in a person’s life
• The decisive moment
• An unstable or crucial time or state of affairs in which a decisive change is impending; especially : one with the distinct possibility of a highly undesirable outcome

Before I share their stories, I’d love to hear your stories as well.  Please share!  

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• If so what did you see, feel and experience?