David Plazas is the director of opinion and engagement for the USA TODAY Network Tennessee.
Crisis leadership is not new, but COVID-19 created new challenges and stressors that have tested executives and their teams.
Words such as pivot, lean in and recalibrate became part of the daily lexicon as businesses sought to figure out how to survive during the pandemic.
Christie Berger, who runs an executive leadership coaching firm in the Nashville area, has had regular conversations with leaders on managing the crisis and managing the moment.
We spoke on this episode of the Tennessee Voices podcast.
Berger talked about the shift that occurred from pre-pandemic times to the current era. She said leaders are dealing with crises at a scale they had not before, and they need help and counsel to get through it.
ROSEVILLE, California (KOVR) If you look closely at Cedar Street in Roseville, you’ll see people aren’t the only neighbors. Birds of prey are claiming prime real estate: the tree in Martha Lopez’s front yard.
When CBS13 talked to Martha last winter, she said she was shocked. That was the first time hundreds of these white-tailed kites had visited her home. They left in the spring, after a few months of sleeping in her tree at night. And now one year later, they remembered.
“The birds are back they’re back and they love Cedar Street,” Lopez said. “I’m tired, yes. I’m an animal lover and I hate to say that.”