Leading During A Crisis Part B

Leading During a Crisis Part B

The presenter at our Toastmaster’s meeting is Illens Dort is a renowned author and speaker.
Much of his content is influence by John Maxwell. Any misinformation is the fault of the note taker. He was raised in Haiti. He loves the United States sees it as my adopted mother country.

A crisis is an intense time of difficulty. The other definition by the medial field says the crisis is a turning point.
1. A crisis is not unusual. They are not something that never happened before such as the crisis of 1918-1920
2. A crisis is very distracting.
– Keep us on track. You need to create tractions.
– Keep people focused and keep them on the track.
– A crisis reveals what is inside of us.
– Crisis does not make a leader. Choices are what makes the leader. A leader is inside of someone. Squeeze a lemon you get lemon juice from inside of you.
3. There are leaders and pretenders.
– During a challenge, some players happy to sit on the sidelines. Other players say give me the ball.
4. Crises make us adaptable.
– When a crisis happens to you, it is major. When it happens to others is minor.
– Don’t let the things you don’t have or can’t do keep you from doing the things you can do or the things you have.
– We think of the things we don’t have we fail to focus our energy.
5. A crisis is a time for true leaders to show up.
– How many business leaders give you a short cut of 50% of work? Compare that with a business that will give you all.
Q: How to do charity if no money.
The resources are all around us natural resources and human resources. Found people who were passionate like me.
Q: What does a leader do when you have made a mistake? Take responsibility. You will gain the confidence and trust of the people. Your team can see it and smell it but you display integrity you will regain trust. Admit the mistake the earlier the better. Then share you will do x, y z to solve.
Q: He has a book with gratitude statements. What quote to address our multiple crises?
All problems have a solution. We need to know how to get to the solutions .work with the things we know and what is available to us. We need to acknowledge a higher resource (god). Life is about people. Be a leader that will lead passion and compassion. Love to find someone who can help with a problem and compensate them for their help.