Subject: Actions of a leader in difficult times

• Should a leader behave differently during hard times (such as a restructure, merger or financial challenges)?
• Are there additional things that they should be doing to reassure and motivate staff?
• Or should a leader be a good, consistent leader at all times?

Have your say about our list of leadership actions in difficult times and add your suggestions here.

I think being present is very important at all times. I once worked in a large charity. It was very rare to see the CEO on floors other than her own but it would have made a massive difference to the perception we had of her to actually see her. She was very present in regular all-staff emails (which she signed off rather than wrote) but was not very visible personally. 

Surely it wouldn't have taken that much time out of a busy day to wonder round the building? Maybe she preferred being seen as remote or maybe she just didn't realise the difference it would make.