While vaccinations promise to help put an end to the pandemic, they will also bring on new challenges for leaders to manage. Sorry if you thought you were going to be allowed to finally take a deep breath! So, as you’re ramping up into phase two of the pandemic (aka “the how do we live with a vaccine" phase) you will be asked to lead into yet more uncharted territory. To do this successfully you must pause regularly and ask yourself two very important questions.
Focusing on the negative doesn’t mean there is something wrong with us. Researchers believe that is likely a result of evolution. The tendency to focus on bad things was originally necessary to help us survive threats and dangers. Now, we’re being asked to stay at home, wash our hands, and wear masks to survive. So, it’s only part of our natural instinct to focus on the threat to keep us safe.
