Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region VIII (Eastern Visayas)
DIVISION OF BAYBAY CITY
Baybay City, Leyte

LEADING IN THIS TIME OF PANDEMIC

LORELEI A. MASIAS, CESE

OIC-Assistant Schools Division Superintendent

June 15, 2021

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 WORKING AMIDST THE PANDEMIC

COVID 19 changed the way we work. As we adapt to it, we discover other

ways of changing and improving on how we lead and work with others

“We all know that work will never be

the same, even if we don’t yet know all
the ways in which it will be different.”

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 We can draw from how we did it before and
adjust and adapt accordingly

Theory Y as a Guiding Framework

It can be
overwhelming for
leaders
Balance and Harmony: Task and
Relationship Leadership Orientation

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•

Crises Situations
Pandemic ; Disasters and Emergencies (e.g. Typhoon Rolly in November 2020)

Lessons from Crisis

Leadership

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 Crises Situations
Pandemic ; Disasters and Emergencies (e.g. Typhoon Rolly in November 2020)

Leadership Actions

• Affects an organization’s reputation, financial

standing, and ability to quickly resume services or
operations
• Affects employees’ performance, feelings, and Lessons from
perceptions of how effective the organization is in Crisis Leadership
responding to the crisis

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 EFFECTIVE CRISIS MANAGEMENT

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Effective Crisis Leadership from the perspective of
Filipino employees during the COVID-19 pandemic

* From the perspective of employees,

what are the traits and behaviors of an
effective leader during a crisis?

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 Effective Crisis Leadership from the perspective of
Filipino employees during the COVID-19 pandemic

Our findings:

1. Attending to the person of the employee

2. Taking charge and showing the way forward
3. Sustaining the Spirit

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 Attending to the person of the
employee

traits/attributes Compassionate & Caring Spiritual

behaviors Supportive Prayerful

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 Taking charge and showing the way
forward

traits/attributes Foresight Decisive

behaviors Proaction Solutions-Oriented

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 Sustaining Spirit

traits/attributes Inspires Confidence Transparency & Visibility Consultative

behaviors Presence, Positivity, Constant & Open

Composure Collaborative
Communication

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Study on Middle Managers’ Emotional Experiences Amid
Unplanned Organizational Changes during the COVID-19
pandemic (Rivera, 2021)

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 Emotional Experiences Amid Unplanned Organizational
Changes during the COVID-19 pandemic (Rivera, 2021)

Shared by the Middle Managers and Team Members:

n Fear and anxiety n comfort with the new normal
n Scared n hope and confidence for the future
n disappointed and angry
n stressed and exhausted
n skeptic
n pride and amazement
n gratitude towards people
n relieved that changes were made

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 Managing Teams Amid the Crisis
Compassion and Care

• Regular check-ins or kumustahan

• Engagement activities

• Mental Health

• Ways of Respecting Personal/ Family Time

• Enhancing Psychological Safety

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 Managing Teams Amid the Crisis
Work Outcomes

• Work Norms given the Flexible Work Arrangements

• Work hours
• Ways of communicating
• Regular virtual team meetings
• Online system for tracking outputs
• Monitoring and Feedback
• Performance conversations (based on SPMS)
• Coaching
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 Cultural Considerations

• Malasakit

• High power distance

• Leaders’ tendency to be the “tagasalo”

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