Leadership in Crisis

LEADERSHIP IN CRISIS

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................3
Assessment of perspectives of leadership in social, political and economic contexts................3
Challenges faced by leadership in current pandemic period.......................................................4
Characteristics of responsible leadership.....................................................................................5
Importance of demonstrating responsible leadership..................................................................6
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
Leadership plays an effective role within each company. No busines can gain its
objectives without effective leadership. Currently top-level management within most companies
tries to make their leadership aspects effective to gain long-term benefits. Basically, a leader
enables organisation to take productive work from employees (Firestone, 2020). There are lot of
leadership styles also available in market which are used by leaders of different ventures to
systematically lead different people within workplace. This report discusses leadership in crisis
topic in the context of Tesco. Currently Tesco is one of the most popular retail ventures, and this
venture is also badly affected through coronavirus (Covid19). This report has included
assessment of changing perspectives of leadership. Some major challenges also have been
mentioned here which faced by leadership in current pandemic period. Few key characteristics of
responsible leadership are fully covered in this report.
MAIN BODY
Assessment of perspectives of leadership in social, political and economic contexts
The leaders of Tesco is required to take lot of decision and steps for systematically
dealing with the current pandemic time period (Gidado, 2018). Of course, this is really tough
time period to this retail company, but steps which was taken by leader of Tesco are really
appreciable. Due to this pandemic, perspectives of leadership are completely changed in social,
political and economic contexts.
Political
Tesco’s leaders were influenced by this lockdown decision to stop its different business
operations to fight against corona or Covid19. The government of the United Kingdom was
taken the decision of imposing lockdown in across the country, and that was necessary decision
of government to stop the spread of coronavirus. So, after knowing the lockdown decision of
local government on this pandemic, leader of company met with its different employees and
stakeholders to inform them about how to deal with this pandemic situation. Leaders said that,
we all need to follow all guidelines and regulations of government, because these guidelines are