{"id":270,"date":"2020-06-18T11:34:41","date_gmt":"2020-06-18T11:34:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businessvisionconsulting.com\/?p=270"},"modified":"2020-06-18T11:34:42","modified_gmt":"2020-06-18T11:34:42","slug":"true-leaders-dont-rely-on-hindsight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businessvisionconsulting.com\/?p=270","title":{"rendered":"True leaders don&#8217;t rely on hindsight"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The last 6 months have been transformational for us all, what with #Covid19 and more recently #BlackLivesMatter. Both have hugely negative sides and more unknowns than knowns, which society is still very much in the early tentative steps of understanding and dealing with. The big question must be where were the leaders, whether within government, business, or within the community\/society before the outbreak in China and events in the US? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a world which seems to be made more of followers than true leaders, how will the journey ahead look? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Governments seem to be stuck in a \u2018sound bite political arena\u2019 as they seek short-term relevance and electability within their term(s). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All too many within business and society are quick to react to the here and now. We all need to take a step back and ask whether more could\/should have been done before they\/we were forced to react. Hindsight is always a marvelous thing, but as we consider what the world used to look like we realise that the signs were there. True leaders were making their mark in those days. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Challenging times for all, but there is a real opportunity to make things better within the workplace and wider society, so it\u2019s time to take ownership of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/hashtag\/?keywords=yourjourneyahead&amp;highlightedUpdateUrns=urn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A6678225495307378688\">#yourjourneyahead<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The last 6 months have been transformational for us all, what with #Covid19 and more recently #BlackLivesMatter. Both have hugely negative sides and more unknowns than knowns, which society is still very much in the early tentative steps of understanding and dealing with. 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