The power of versatility thinking during a hard time

Labor which works in courier and logistics and other businesses are still working overtime and risking their health to keep the rest of us in food, medicine, and toilet paper. 

During this special business conditions that are defined by maintaining the state quo, a transactional strategic style is often more appropriate.

This is a much more process-oriented style of leadership where tasks are clearly defined, logic is virtuous and there is less outside-the-box thinking. 

Given the fluid nature of business conditions today and the extreme frequency of disruption, companies are continuously transitioning through stages of change and certainty. 

Companies that can afford complacency and by instinctively become aware of initiatives to mitigate unexpected financial losses. 

They need to spare their time for the time being to enter a period where change is necessary for survival.

And we had just cope up with how the versatility of thinking took us to be flexible into decision making

The rise in package volume from online orders has made up and offsetting the decrease in corporate deliveries. 

But what if our schedule plan to deliver is somehow got impact by this pandemic situation. 

What if the number of flight schedules that were booked dismissed?

This creates a backlog buildup of air shipments to all destinations by air, and it surely impacts into our complete order as well. 

We choose not to be panic and start to think more creatively by realigning the plan. We choose landline haul to cope up with this circumstance and fulfilled the order.

So the most appropriate approach to hover above this situation is being flexible and continually adapt ourselves to this situation. 

At the strategic level, there must be a proper alignment fit between the leader’s behavior and the company’s state of competitiveness – for example, whether they are in a period of change or consolidation, or somewhere in between these phases. 

How about you?

Any business decisions which need your flexibility to tackle?