Leading self

Her leader said, “I’m sorry to tell you that your promotion has been deferred. It’s one of the measures we have taken to ensure that everyone has a job.”

She said, “Having experienced the mental and financial adversity of redundancies, I would never ever want others to go through the same.

The delay in promotion will not detract me from this opportunity to learn to lead in times of crisis - with clarity, empathy and calmness.”

This is the time to lead, to lead myself and all those around me. The light is at the end of the tunnel and this too will pass. And I will all come out stronger and kinder to myself.