Leadership in a Crisis

"The work of leadership demands that you manage not only the critical adaptive responses within and surrounding your business but also your own thinking and emotions. This will test your limits. Taking care of yourself both physically and emotionally will be crucial to your success. You can achieve none of your leadership aims if you sacrifice yourself to the cause. First, give yourself permission to be both optimistic and realistic. This will create a healthy tension that keeps optimism from turning into denial and realistism from devolving into cynicism." ~ quoted from the article of Ronald Heifetz, Alexander Grashow and Marty Linsky (Partners of Cambridge Leadership Associates and coauthors of The Practice of Adaptive Leadership).