In an emergency, we need clear authoritative leadership. There’s
fi ve minutes to go before the team are due to deliver a presentation
as part of a tender response for a potential new client and someone’s
left the laptop on the train. No time for sitting around discussing
options or debating tactics. This is what we’ll tell the client. This
is how we can adapt our presentation. This is how we can use
what we do have with us, and so on.
Note that contrary to popular belief not every day at work is
an emergency, but working in this way can be habit forming!