Leaders of Today Must Find New Ways to Communicate
Maj. Gen. Xavier Brunson
Thursday, July 16, 2020
A cursory reading of A Christmas Carol would be the best preparation for the times ahead. One could imagine a chapter wherein Scrooge would declare, “Oh, spirit, make it like it was; I want things to go back to normal.†The exasperated spirit would say, “There will not be normal.†Scrooge would whine, weep, gnash his teeth and exhibit a longing for what was. Again, the spirit would bellow, “There will not be a normal after ‘this.’ … There will be an ‘is’ that will continue to change and force adaptation.â€
The best practices we are using today for life, health, safety, information and connectedness will remain.
All share one thing in common. They are “best†because they allow us to accomplish our tasks to the expected standard while mitigating the risks of our current conditions. Currently, we are hypervigilant and sensitive to our environment. Where most change can be found, though, is simply in the way we communicate with those we lead. Our communication mediums, once wholly reliant on being face to face, have morphed with the advent of social media and other web-enabled platforms such as Zoom, Microsoft Teams and FaceTime. The intent, though, remains the same: to inform and influence.
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