COVID-19 and Leadership Skills
An online interactive guest session was organized for PGDM/RM/IB 1st year students on the topic ‘COVID-19 and Leadership Skills’ on 18th December 2020, Friday from 04:30 pm to 05:30 pm by Mr. Abhishek Singh, Research Officer at the State Bank Institute of Consumer Banking, Hyderabad.
About the speaker:
Mr. Abhishek Singh is a JIMS alumnus, PGDBM 1999-2001. He worked in various capacities in Bank like Relationship Manager (Small Enterprises), Manager (Retail loans) and headed a few branches of SBI.
Content:
Mr. Abhishek started the session with his experience at the institute when he was a student followed by the importance of leadership skills during COVID-19. The post-COVID-19 workplace will not be the same in every country or industry, but for many managers, the pandemic bought both challenges and opportunities.
Many organizations realized the benefits of allowing employees to work remotely, and as a result, some of the global workforce may never return to the office. According to the PwC US Pulse Survey, 54% of CFOs indicated that their companies plan to make remote work a permanent option. That means managers may soon have to figure out the best way to manage teams that are partially remote.
He highlighted and explained the lessons learned during COVID-19 when it comes to leadership skills:
- Act in urgency
- Creating new rules for the team
- Communicate Transparently
- Concern for well being
- Nurture a sense of belonging
- Digital transformation
- Constantly engaging
Overall it was an insightful and interactive session with queries from the students to the session speaker.
“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.”