{"id":17626,"date":"2023-11-29T17:55:30","date_gmt":"2023-11-29T17:55:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flex.com\/?post_type=resource&#038;p=17626"},"modified":"2023-11-29T17:55:33","modified_gmt":"2023-11-29T17:55:33","slug":"mastering-the-art-of-leadership-in-times-of-crisis","status":"publish","type":"resource","link":"https:\/\/flex.com\/es\/resources\/mastering-the-art-of-leadership-in-times-of-crisis","title":{"rendered":"Dominar el arte del liderazgo en tiempos de crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"overscroll-top\" style=\"background-color: #eaeef4;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"resource-header block\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a title=\"Homepage\" href=\"\/\">Flex<\/a>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 384 512\"><path d=\"M365.3 256l-22.6 22.6-192 192L128 493.3 82.7 448l22.6-22.6L274.7 256 105.4 86.6 82.7 64 128 18.7l22.6 22.6 192 192L365.3 256z\"\/><\/svg>\n\t\t\t<a title=\"Resources\" href=\"\/resources\">Resources<\/a>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 384 512\"><path d=\"M365.3 256l-22.6 22.6-192 192L128 493.3 82.7 448l22.6-22.6L274.7 256 105.4 86.6 82.7 64 128 18.7l22.6 22.6 192 192L365.3 256z\"\/><\/svg>\n\t\t\t<a title=\"Mastering the art of leadership in times of crisis\">Mastering the art of leadership in times of crisis<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<h1>Mastering the art of leadership in times of crisis<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"separator\"><\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"authors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"author-detail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Headshot of Heather Childress, Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel at Flex\" src=\"https:\/\/flex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Leadership-Insight-Heather-Childress-336x336.jpg\" title=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tby <a title=\"Heather Childress\" href=\"\/leadership\/heather-childress\">Heather Childress<\/a><br>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSenior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date detail\">\n\t\t\t\tPosted on<br>\n\t\t\t\tnoviembre 29, 2023\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"categories\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"categories-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"cat-tag\">Blog<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cat-tag\" data-cat-level=\"2\" data-destination=\"\/leadership-insights-blog\" href=\"\/leadership-insights-blog\">Leadership Insights<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"sidebar block normal-sidebar\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\t\t\t\n<div id=\"id_69dfe5d45bb7a\" class=\"media block\">\n\t<div class=\"container media-center \">\n\t\t<div class=\"media\" style=\"left: 0px; min-width: 100%; max-width: 100%;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image none\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Mastering the art of leadership in times of crisis\" src=\"https:\/\/flex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Heather-Childress-ACC-Docket-Header-979x224-1.jpg\" title=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<script>\n\t(function () {\n\t\tlet hasRun_id_69dfe5d45bb7a = false;\n\t\tfunction updateVideoDisplay_id_69dfe5d45bb7a() {\n\t\t\tconst youtubeVideoId = \"\";\n\t\t\tconst bynderID = \"\";\n\t\t\tconst mediaType = \"image\";\n\t\t\tconst mediaVideoElement = document.getElementById('media-video-id_69dfe5d45bb7a');\n\t\t\tconst bodyClass = document.body.className || '';\n\t\t\tconst match = bodyClass.match(\/translatepress-([a-z]{2})(?:_[A-Z]{2})?\/i);\n\t\t\tconst currentLanguage = match ? 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The act of successful navigation becomes about more than taking the next step; instead, it requires charting the course with a blend of resilience, composure, and strategic decision-making.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In an article for ACC Docket, Heather Childress, Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel at Flex, draws from her over two decades of experience to share <a href=\"https:\/\/docket.acc.com\/how-leader-keeps-calm-crisis\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">five invaluable lessons for leaders<\/a>. Serving as a roadmap, these lessons offer guidance to leaders who are traversing the turbulent waters of crisis management. 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