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OUR MISSION A global community that connects diverse people, ideas and resources, AAIE helps international educators lead with vision, wisdom, courage and integrity. F3 Friday's Five Ideas for the Future ![]() Leading in Uncertain Times October 2, 2020
Welcome to this week's Friday Five (F3). The pandemic has shown how quickly the world can change. And right when you think surely there can not be another surprise - right on time another arrives. This constant uncertainty can make us feel stuck, afraid to make decisions and take actions. It is easy to revert to playing defense, and focusing on what might go wrong rather than potential opportunities. However, as months pass, and as "COVID fatigue" sets in, more and more of us are breaking free from this paralysis and using these times to make better-informed choices as well as to reflect on the future in an action-oriented manner. By providing space and attention to the positive circumstances that may emerge from this crisis, we are able to discover new opportunities for ourselves and for our organizations.
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Your Board of Trustees and Mark WORTH A THOUGHT
“Fall seven times and stand up eight.” - Japanese Proverb Now on to Friday's Five... 1. How to Be a Good Boss in Trying Times Good leadership can be challenging in the best of times. But amid an unprecedented pandemic and economic crisis, even the best bosses are struggling with how to navigate turbulent waters. In this Stanford Business article by Katia Savchuk, Professors Rao and Sutton offer seven tips for being a good boss during a crisis. The ideas are drawn from their Stanford webinar that shared the hallmarks of great leadership during tough times.
2. 3 Ways to Motivate Your Team Through an Extended Crisis A large part of a leader’s responsibility is to provide structure, guidance, and regulation; yet many workplace studies point to the fact that the most important gauge for a healthy work environment isn’t a strong external framework, but whether individuals can foster internal motivation. In this Harvard Business Review article Anne M. Brafford and Richard M. Ryan have identified three main psychological needs that leaders can meet to help their employees stay engaged, confident, and motivated.
3. How to Plan Your Life During a Pandemic With the many sudden changes that COVID-19 has brought, planning for the future can feel impossible. When we are faced with high degrees of uncertainty, we tend to worry about all that might happen, and often do so in an unstructured manner. However, as expert Kristel Van der Elst shares in this MIT Technology Review article, strategic foresight can offer an alternative to unproductive worry.
4. How to Build Rapport … While Wearing a Mask Nonverbal communication in the workplace is extremely important. This makes communication in the age of COVID-19 more challenging for the obvious reason that masks, a necessary component of fighting the pandemic, hide the parts of our faces that display facial expressions - particularly those micro expressions that we use without thinking to convey as well as perceive sincerity, trustworthiness, and good intentions. In this Harvard Business Review article Dustin York offers sound advice on how to communicate effectively even with a mask on.
5. What Really Makes Us Resilient?
WORTH A READ
"When I think of all the books still left for me to read, I am certain of further happiness." ![]() Awesomely Simple: Essential Business Strategies for Turning Ideas Into Action by John Spence
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