{"id":170,"date":"2010-10-01T11:11:01","date_gmt":"2010-10-01T16:11:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.leaderperfect.com\/blog\/?p=170"},"modified":"2018-08-22T22:39:41","modified_gmt":"2018-08-23T03:39:41","slug":"leadership-lessons-from-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.leaderperfect.com\/blog\/leadership\/leadership-lessons-from-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"What Leaders Can Learn From Crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Have you ever noticed how quickly people unite in response to wholesale disaster? You see it in the wake of devastating storms. Or in the immediate aftermath of unthinkable events like 9-11. At such moments we show an amazing ability to set aside our differences and pull together.<\/p>\n

What accounts for the uniting and energizing force of a shared crisis?<\/p>\n

Some might attribute it to survival instincts. But survival instincts give rise to "every man for himself." \u0421risis, on the other hand, unveils a remarkable tendency for people to forget self and forego self-interest.<\/p>\n

Why does disaster or devastation evoke such noble human behavior?<\/p>\n

Largely, I believe, because everyone immediately sees the urgency of overcoming the crisis. This realization then draws us readily into a noble cause (combating the impact of the crisis). And human nobility is never higher than when we unite around a grand and noble cause.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Why Crisis Unites People<\/h2>\n

Great crises have three qualities that serve to unite us:<\/p>\n