Every Leader a Crisis Leader? Prepare to Lead When It Matters Most

McNulty, Eric; Marcus, Leonard J.; Henderson, Joseph M.

doi:10.1002/ltl.20470

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“…The collegial environment fostered trust, considered essential for crisis management. [40][41][42][43][44][45] Crises are unexpected, unstructured, characterized by incomplete and conflicting information, and outside typical operational frameworks. 3,25,46 * The need for new approaches was evident in the emergence of five crisis-specific themes.…”

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COVID-19: A Qualitative Analysis of Academic Family Physician Leaders’ Crisis Response

White

O’Brien

Cornacchi

et al. 2023

Fam Med

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Background and Objectives: The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic severely threatened all aspects of academic family medicine, constituting a crisis. Multiple publications have identified recommendations and documented the creative responses of primary care and academic organizations to address these challenges, but there is little research on how decisions came about. Our objective was to gain insight into the context, process, and nature of family medicine leaders’ discussions in pivoting to address a crisis. Methods: We used a qualitative descriptive design to explore new dimensions of existing concepts. The setting was the academic family medicine department at the University of Toronto. To identify leadership themes, we used the constant comparative method to analyze transcripts of monthly meetings of the departmental executive: three meetings immediately before and three following the declaration of a state emergency in Ontario. Results: Six themes were evident before and after the onset of the pandemic: building capacity in academic family medicine; developing leadership; advancing equity, diversity, and inclusion; learner safety and wellness; striving for excellence; and promoting a supportive and collegial environment. Five themes emerged as specific responses to the crisis: situational awareness; increased multidirectional communication; emotional awareness; innovation in education and patient care; and proactive planning for extended adaptation to the pandemic. Conclusion: Existing cultural and organizational approaches formed the foundation for the crisis response, while crisis-specific themes reflected skills and attitudes that are essential in clinical family medicine, including adapting to community needs, communication, and emotional awareness.

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confidence: 99%

COVID-19: A Qualitative Analysis of Academic Family Physician Leaders’ Crisis Response

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O’Brien

Cornacchi

et al. 2023

Fam Med

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“…Recent research and articles on school leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic have referred to leadership as being in 'crisis' [2][3][4]. Some of this published research draws on the literature on crisis leadership [4,5] to understand the challenges faced by schools and the impact of the global crisis on school leadership [5]. The scale and scope of the challenges brought about by COVID-19 are unprecedented.…”

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Outstanding Primary Leadership in Times of Turbulence

Howard

Dhillon

2021

Education Sciences

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Leadership and management in schools have sought to produce high quality education for all pupils. To inform and support school leaders’ educationalists have developed theories and undertaken research studies identifying the relationships, contexts and characteristics that enable effective leadership. However, recent times of turbulence in primary schools have had an inevitable impact upon the key drivers for successful leadership and management. This study builds upon our previous research into outstanding leadership in primary education to examine the impact that such change has had upon the leadership of serving head teachers. It utilises an adapted Q-sort methodology to identify the views of serving head teachers to gain insights into the impact that such change has had upon their leadership. Overall, the analysis identified a need for aspirational characteristics of leadership, underpinned by personal values to guide schools in such times, as they strive to produce high quality education.

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“…Engaging and empowering one's team in collective problem solving has been identified as an effective tool of physician leadership. 6 24 Our participants recognised that strong leadership required forgoing the common conception of a heroic crisis leader as a commander 25 ; instead, they articulated high level goals and trusted their team members to act. In this way, leaders were able to harness the unique circumstances presented by COVID-19 to lead their teams effectively.…”

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Physician leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic: an emphasis on the team, well-being and leadership reasoning

Standiford

Davuluri

Trupiano

et al. 2020

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BackgroundThe COVID-19 pandemic impacted many aspects of normal operations in academic medicine. While effective leadership is always important, the intensity and urgency of COVID-19 challenged academic medicine leaders to find new ways to lead their institutions and manage their own experiences of the pandemic.MethodsSixteen physician leaders from Michigan Medicine took part in semistructured interviews during April and May 2020. Participants were asked open-ended questions about the attributes and techniques that were important to effectively lead during a crisis. The authors analysed the interviews using thematic analysis.ResultsParticipants described three overarching themes of leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic: (1) bringing together a diverse team with clear, shared goals; (2) using a range of strategies to tend to their teams’—as well as their own—well-being; and (3) engaging in leadership reasoning as a way of learning from others and reflecting on their own actions to inform their future leadership practice.ConclusionThe results of this study reveal several salient themes of crisis leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic. The findings also highlight the role of leadership reasoning, a reflective practice employed by leaders to understand and improve their leadership skills. This finding presents leadership skill development as part of lifelong learning in medicine. Findings may be incorporated into best practices and preparations to inform future healthcare leaders.

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Every Leader a Crisis Leader? Prepare to Lead When It Matters Most

Cited by 14 publications

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COVID-19: A Qualitative Analysis of Academic Family Physician Leaders’ Crisis Response

COVID-19: A Qualitative Analysis of Academic Family Physician Leaders’ Crisis Response

Outstanding Primary Leadership in Times of Turbulence

Physician leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic: an emphasis on the team, well-being and leadership reasoning

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