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Thursday, April 9, 2020

Leadership Lessons From The COVID-19 Pandemic

Wall Street Journal op-ed: Before the Pandemic, They Were Anonymous. Now They’re the Best Leaders We Have., by Sam Walker (author, The Captain Class: The Hidden Force That Creates the World’s Greatest Teams (2018)):

As the novel coronavirus continues to spread around the world, a funny thing is happening. The leaders who have distinguished themselves under pressure are rarely the bold, charismatic, impulsive, self-regarding, politically calculating alphas we’ve elected. The real heroes have been, for lack of a better term, career deputies [e.g., Chen Chien-jen (Taiwan), Jung Eun-kyeong (South Korea), Anthony Fauci (United States), Jenny Harries (Britain), Mutahi Kagwe (Kenya)]. ...

These examples, and many others, point to one underlying theme. In a crisis, nobody cares how big your personality is or how disruptive you can be. The leaders we crave are the ones who show up every day, never stop to think of themselves and, above all, seem to know what they’re talking about.

The obvious question is this: If these deputies are such capable leaders, why are they deputies? ...

[In Covid-19 Was A Leadership Test. It Came Back Negative.,] I wrote about one possible explanation. While all leaders are judged by how well they respond to a crisis, the true mark of greatness is what a leader does between emergencies. The best ones never rest; they work behind the scenes, without bravado, to prevent the next crisis from happening. When they succeed, however, they literally have nothing to show for it. They don’t project boldness. They seem like drab worriers.

The bigger problem, I’d argue, is that too many talented and qualified leadership candidates are reluctant to step forward. They need to be pushed. Case in point: one of America’s most beloved and effective presidents, Dwight Eisenhower, had to be cajoled into running.

Researchers haven’t found any evidence that people with a burning desire to lead make better leaders, but they’re far more likely to acquire power.

Deborah Gruenfeld, a professor at Stanford’s business school and author of a new book, Acting with Power (full disclosure: My wife is her agent), has spent 25 years studying the psychology of power.

She divides leaders into two camps: those who pursue authority to serve themselves and those who see it as a means to serve others. In many cases, candidates with a “service” mind-set are uncomfortable promoting their candidacies, while those who seek power for personal gratification love nothing more.

Over time, and especially in the age of social media, the expectations we’ve heaped on high-profile leaders have made it nearly impossible for anyone to meet them all. Those of us who crave power may not care, Dr. Gruenfeld says, but servant types may back out for fear of letting others down.

April 9, 2020 in Coronavirus, Legal Ed News, Legal Education | Permalink | Comments (0)

	School	Specialty Rank	Overall Rank	Difference
1	Suffolk	75	136	+61
2	American	18	76	+58
3	Seattle	72	129	+57
4	Pacific	94	148	+54
5	UIC-John Marshall	97	140	+43
6	Brooklyn	47	83	+36
6	Indiana (McKinney)	86	122	+36
6	UC-Hastings	23	59	+36
9	Denver	40	74	+34
9	Pace	102	136	+34
11	New York Law School	98	129	+31
12	Baltimore	96	126	+30
12	Santa Clara	77	107	+30
14	Chicago-Kent	54	83	+29
14	Mitchell Hamline	112	141	+29
16	Case Western	50	76	+26
16	DePaul	92	118	+26
18	Georgia State	51	76	+25
18	Loyola-New Orleans	101	126	+25
20	Loyola-L.A.	38	62	+24
20	Missouri (KC)	109	133	+24
22	Arkansas (Little Rock)	125	148	+23
23	Widener (DE)	126	148	+22
24	San Francisco	127	148	+21
24	Syracuse	90	111	+21
24	Temple	35	56	+21
27	Howard	87	107	+20
28	Rutgers	58	76	+18
29	Hofstra	85	102	+17
30	Ohio State	22	38	+16
30	South Carolina	80	96	+16
30	UC-Irvine	11	27	+16
33	Loyola-Chicago	55	70	+15
33	Miami	52	67	+15
35	Lewis & Clark	79	93	+14
35	Maryland	33	47	+14
35	Oregon	74	88	+14
35	San Diego	69	83	+14
35	Stetson	91	105	+14
40	Georgetown	1	14	+13
40	Golden Gate	135	148	+13
40	Vermont	128	141	+13
43	Houston	45	56	+11
44	George Washington	13	23	+10
44	New Mexico	89	99	+10
46	Drexel	84	93	+9
46	Southwestern	139	148	+9
46	Texas	7	16	+9
46	UNLV	53	62	+9
50	Fordham	19	27	+8
50	UC-Davis	30	38	+8
50	Willamette	133	141	+8

	School	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Avg.
1	Georgetown	8	1	9	13	5	25	10	7	13	3	12	2	12	9.2
2	NYU	3	2	5	3	1	16	6	48	3	1	76	1	31	15.1
3	Stanford	5	8	3	6	1	18	10	5	2	9	92	7	44	16.2
4	Michigan	12	8	13	8	10	37	37	19	13	7	12	11	59	18.9
5	Northwestern	12	6	13	13	16	6	49	48	21	21	24	3	19	19.3
6	UC-Berkeley	4	8	7	3	3	32	1	29	1	11	127	23	15	20.3
7	Texas	17	32	11	8	17	16	26	19	18	14	44	15	36	21.0
8	Harvard	1	22	2	3	3	1	10	9	18	2	167	7	36	21.6
9	UCLA	8	27	13	11	10	25	4	32	25	17	101	5	23	23.2
10	Duke	12	54	9	15	10	25	19	25	12	9	44	18	78	25.4
11	UC-Irvine	37	8	19	29	17	22	33	40	25	25	11	11	65	26.3
12	Penn	6	27	11	6	6	32	41	22	8	14	101	15	78	28.2
13	George Washington	30	22	25	34	22	44	15	32	5	8	44	42	50	28.7
14	Washington Univ.	26	14	19	21	26	25	73	29	45	17	51	23	12	29.3
15	Virginia	8	82	7	11	6	18	26	46	31	11	76	5	78	31.2
16	Columbia	1	20	5	1	6	37	6	46	13	4	154	10	105	31.4
17	Yale	8	5	1	8	6	37	20	16	62	4	167	11	65	31.5
18	American	68	2	44	51	26	48	37	11	10	4	51	55	4	31.6
19	Fordham	17	17	25	23	17	13	63	93	21	21	101	32	9	34.8
20	Boston University	19	32	19	18	30	56	55	5	10	32	51	21	105	34.8
21	North Carolina	26	44	25	18	22	48	37	22	55	46	7	26	78	34.9
22	Ohio State	37	69	28	23	15	2	55	29	40	43	38	32	44	35.0
23	UC-Hastings	37	27	44	46	33	13	20	13	45	28	114	23	20	35.6
24	Cornell	16	44	13	15	17	22	41	71	40	13	70	42	65	36.1
25	Minnesota	19	32	19	21	22	78	20	19	40	25	76	26	78	36.5
26	Vanderbilt	12	61	17	17	10	32	17	25	25	14	136	48	65	36.8
27	Arizona State	52	61	38	51	33	10	20	22	51	25	7	37	78	37.3
28	Emory	26	69	28	23	33	56	49	40	36	40	44	48	23	39.6
29	Boston College	26	27	31	29	43	48	33	48	31	40	38	18	105	39.8
30	UC-Davis	23	54	19	23	22	25	20	54	36	32	136	26	50	40.0
31	Chicago	7	22	4	1	10	48	63	71	40	17	154	7	78	40.2
32	Indiana (Maurer)	23	82	44	23	43	56	31	40	21	28	51	20	78	41.5
33	Maryland	61	6	44	46	57	13	10	7	79	69	63	63	31	42.2
34	William & Mary	37	61	19	29	17	18	41	48	45	32	101	63	44	42.7
35	Temple	52	86	59	59	53	25	85	17	71	17	12	37	2	44.2
36	Notre Dame	37	44	18	34	43	56	55	102	25	28	76	45	25	45.2
37	Wisconsin	48	44	38	29	33	37	41	40	79	32	51	55	78	46.5
38	Loyola-L.A.	48	69	54	63	33	67	85	48	31	57	44	11	5	47.3
39	Florida	37	82	67	39	33	37	20	61	71	69	76	3	25	47.7
40	Denver	68	8	59	63	43	56	26	93	79	52	7	63	9	48.2
41	Washington	61	44	59	39	43	99	31	32	18	43	51	42	65	48.2
42	Arizona	59	61	38	46	57	86	33	32	55	36	24	68	50	49.6
42	Colorado	30	96	44	51	30	72	10	71	25	52	51	63	50	49.6
42	Georgia	23	32	31	39	33	99	85	40	71	21	101	45	25	49.6
45	Houston	59	69	71	34	64	99	26	3	5	46	101	26	44	49.8
46	Wake Forest	37	86	54	39	29	99	41	17	95	69	6	55	25	50.2
47	Brooklyn	30	32	35	34	26	72	106	90	62	46	32	48	59	51.7
48	Tulane	37	39	54	34	53	37	17	61	62	28	148	63	44	52.1
49	USC	22	82	31	18	33	32	96	48	55	46	114	15	96	52.9
50	Case Western	61	44	59	51	64	67	55	9	40	24	92	98	50	54.9
51	Georgia State	52	27	44	86	57	56	85	2	62	98	92	55	25	57.0
52	Miami	52	32	59	46	53	78	55	93	55	36	101	26	59	57.3
53	UNLV	78	39	69	51	68	6	85	32	62	106	1	48	105	57.7
54	Chicago-Kent	52	86	54	72	74	86	85	54	13	75	32	75	5	58.7
55	Loyola-Chicago	75	54	59	72	82	56	126	3	45	69	76	48	12	59.8
55	Washington & Lee	52	69	44	51	43	44	79	40	90	36	101	32	96	59.8
57	Cardozo	52	61	38	59	30	5	106	114	13	75	114	48	65	60.0
58	Rutgers	83	22	59	81	57	83	63	54	85	52	18	80	59	61.2
59	Florida State	48	96	44	39	53	99	15	54	79	62	136	37	36	61.4
60	Utah	30	106	44	39	33	99	9	32	71	62	136	55	121	64.4
61	Texas A&M	68	54	111	69	119	6	37	102	8	62	29	75	105	65.0
62	Pepperdine	61	39	44	59	91	3	96	114	100	46	114	37	50	65.7
63	Iowa	30	86	38	46	43	99	106	78	62	57	51	68	105	66.8
64	Northeastern	113	22	71	107	57	48	106	11	21	62	38	110	105	67.0
65	Villanova	78	69	83	86	74	90	79	61	45	91	29	37	50	67.1
66	Alabama	61	61	31	29	43	99	63	102	100	98	127	32	31	67.5
67	Illinois	30	117	35	23	33	93	79	90	51	83	101	45	105	68.1
68	SMU	68	61	71	69	43	72	96	61	55	46	136	48	65	68.5
69	San Diego	30	121	28	72	57	99	79	71	31	62	166	21	59	68.9
70	BYU	19	136	54	39	68	67	55	144	55	75	76	32	96	70.5
71	Pittsburgh	75	121	69	69	57	99	85	32	51	43	76	26	131	71.8
72	Seattle	83	20	71	107	91	99	79	78	62	91	3	80	78	72.5
73	Seton Hall	83	69	71	81	82	67	116	13	71	57	92	68	78	72.9
74	Oregon	61	121	71	63	74	10	6	144	100	98	2	68	131	73.0
75	Suffolk	95	14	136	116	111	22	96	61	45	106	5	132	20	73.8
76	Richmond	37	121	35	63	43	99	63	144	25	69	101	55	105	73.8
77	Santa Clara	75	121	93	98	91	44	55	102	4	40	44	68	131	74.3
78	Tennessee	37	17	83	63	74	99	106	78	123	118	32	75	65	74.6
79	Lewis & Clark	95	86	71	107	91	48	1	122	55	69	18	92	121	75.1
80	South Carolina	83	39	93	86	74	99	63	61	114	106	70	55	36	75.3
81	Kansas	78	86	83	51	68	25	63	122	100	91	51	80	121	78.4
82	St. John's	68	117	71	72	74	37	152	102	71	57	32	132	36	78.5
83	Connecticut	61	96	59	59	82	72	63	61	108	57	76	68	160	78.6
84	Drexel	78	54	71	98	100	83	130	32	108	103	18	132	15	78.6
85	Hofstra	92	69	83	90	68	93	130	61	95	62	76	89	36	80.3
86	Indiana (McKinney)	95	86	83	81	111	99	85	15	85	83	24	98	121	82.0
87	Howard	92	44	71	72	64	67	143	122	62	106	63	120	59	83.5
88	Michigan State	68	86	83	63	91	93	96	114	71	75	101	98	65	84.9
89	New Mexico	113	17	111	81	100	99	33	78	137	106	70	92	78	85.8
90	Syracuse	95	96	111	98	100	99	73	78	85	83	76	110	15	86.1
91	Stetson	95	96	111	72	100	72	106	122	137	106	3	110	1	87.0
92	DePaul	95	106	93	98	82	97	152	25	36	91	92	92	78	87.5
93	George Mason	48	155	38	51	74	99	136	114	31	75	148	80	105	88.8
94	Pacific	106	136	146	98	125	56	73	102	114	36	32	126	9	89.2
95	Missouri (Columbia)	88	127	83	72	82	3	136	90	90	91	136	98	65	89.3
96	Baltimore	123	14	93	120	100	78	116	122	95	75	38	75	149	92.2
97	UIC-John Marshall	135	69	136	148	111	90	152	122	36	75	7	98	36	93.5
98	New York Law School	95	54	93	156	100	78	136	78	62	83	38	98	145	93.5
99	St. Louis	88	86	71	90	100	99	159	1	90	98	127	80	131	93.8
100	Marquette	88	127	93	90	91	10	126	144	79	118	12	126	121	94.2

Rank	Score	School
1	4.1	Stetson
2	4.0	Baylor
2	4.0	Temple
4	3.9	American
5	3.8	Chicago-Kent
5	3.8	Loyola-L.A.
7	3.6	Samford
7	3.6	South Texas
9	3.5	Fordham
9	3.5	Denver
9	3.5	Pacific
12	3.4	Georgetown
12	3.4	Loyola-Chicago
12	3.4	Washington University
15	3.3	Campbell
15	3.3	Drexel
15	3.3	Syracuse
15	3.3	UC-Berkeley
19	3.2	Northwestern
20	3.1	St. Mary's
20	3.1	Suffolk
20	3.1	UC-Hastings
23	3.0	Emory
23	3.0	UCLA
25	2.9	Georgia State
25	2.9	Akron
25	2.9	Florida
25	2.9	Georgia
25	2.9	Notre Dame
25	2.9	Wake Forest
31	2.8	Faulkner
31	2.8	NYU
31	2.8	Texas Tech
31	2.8	Alabama
31	2.8	Maryland
36	2.7	Florida State
36	2.7	Harvard
36	2.7	Hofstra
36	2.7	St. John's
36	2.7	UIC-John Marshall
36	2.7	Missouri (Kansas City)
36	2.7	South Carolina
36	2.7	Texas
44	2.6	Ohio State
44	2.6	Pace
44	2.6	Stanford
44	2.6	Tulane
44	2.6	Houston
44	2.6	William & Mary
50	2.5	Case Western
50	2.5	George Washington
50	2.5	Loyola-New Orleans
50	2.5	Nova
50	2.5	Pepperdine
50	2.5	Arizona
50	2.5	UC-Davis
50	2.5	Colorado
50	2.5	Villanova

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