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d. Personal life
Similariꢀes between the recommendaꢀons of the two
Personal life is also impacted by COVID-19,
and each staff member considers this topic unique and
unrepeatable.
I will just make some reflecꢀons about my
situaꢀon. I will not comment much on family aspects
or on those I love most, and I must protect them more
than ever.
The quaranꢀne leads us to an intense
togetherness, perhaps an unexpected mechanism to
compensate for our frequent absences from home.
Here, again, teamwork is key. The division of tasks
and recognizing each other’s strengths are also
important. We all go through different states of mind.
The quaranꢀne has already lasted 50 days. My family’s
great fear is that I might get sick at work. I calm them
down by telling them that I take care of myself and that
this will not happen. And this is what I try to do every
day for them and for my own sake.
publicaꢀons analyzed.
Pellegrini
Joan Carles Marc Cerdá
Simply lead
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Be present
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3
4
5
6
Communicate frequently
Communicate thoroughly
Communicate sincerely
Exercise pragmaꢀc opꢀmism
Delegate and empower
Show empathy
Align expectaꢀons
Tell the truth
Keep posiꢀve ideas
Have a plan
Generate support being
consistent
Leaders oꢆen forget that the
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eyes are on them
Manage relaꢀonship with
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9
Know what you represent
superiors
Define the magnitude of crisis
Be resilient and paꢀent
See the big picture
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Slow down and stay calm
I have just turned 61, and the celebraꢀon was
quite different. I was at home with my family, and my
friends and relaꢀves organized a surprise greeꢀng via a
leadership: Each concept invites us to think about what
it expresses and how it can be applied in our daily lives
in this complex situaꢀon we are going through.
�oom session. It was a different celebraꢀon that I have
never imagined before, but it did not stop me from
appreciaꢀng how much feelings and friends are worth
more than ever.
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) Idenꢀfy and support those most vulnerable.
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) Provide clear updated informaꢀon. 3) Pay aꢃenꢀon
to those with less experience. 4) Communicate more
rather than less. 5). Tell stories of past situaꢀons and
how they were overcome. 6) Be sympatheꢀc but not
authoritarian while communicaꢀng 7) Provide clear
and concise communicaꢀons. 8) Speak from the heart.
You work in hospital and the hours pass faster
or slower depending on the circumstances. In fact,
you finish your work at hospital and leave. The office
is empty. And you know that those you love most and
who love you wait for you at home. And there you
become a mortal again and now you are invaded by
fear, by dread. A surgeon is afraid of something that
many of us feel and do not want to say: bringing home
the virus and infecꢀng the most precious thing that
you have: your family. That is why it is essenꢀal to be
9
) Be honest with the unconfirmed communicaꢀon. 10)
The leader must be the original communicator. 11) Be
opꢀmisꢀc without denying reality. 12) Discuss how to
get out of the crisis. 13) Look for partners to delegate
and empower them with responsibiliꢀes. 14) Supervise,
since there may be misalignments. 15) Look for conscious of the protocol for entering the house. So,
feedback. 16) Visualize the target and follow it. 17) Be you arrive, you try not to touch anything, you take off
aligned with insꢀtuꢀonal leadership. 18) It is harder to your shoes and you leave them in a “dirty” area. You
quesꢀon superiors as the crisis becomes more intense. also leave there your backpack, bags, and keys. You
9) Adapt plans to the phase of the pandemic. 20) Crisis wash your hands with alcohol-based hand saniꢀzer. You
requires more authoritarian leadership, while business take a bath, put your clothes in a bag and go straight to
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the washing machine. You clean your cell phone. You
wash your hands with soap and water and finally you
can say: Hello, I am home. I am back from hospital!
I am sure many things will happen. We are in
the middle of May 2020. The so-expected peak has
not arrived yet. I imagine this as one of the many TV
shows we watch: COVID-19 Pandemic. This is its first
season in 2020 and what this publicaꢀon refers to is
episode 1 “Before the Storm”. Episode 2 will be “During
the Storm” and Episode 3 will be “Aꢆer the Storm”. It
seems to be just a maꢃer of ꢀme.
is managed with more democraꢀc leadership. 21)
Anxiety and fears of team members are oꢆen expressed
as criꢀcism of leaders’ acꢀons. 22) Leader’s authority
and styles may be quesꢀoned. 23) It is not a ꢀme to
feel hurt, vicꢀmized or seek jusꢀce. 24) Small gestures:
smile, give words of encouragement. 25) Understand
team members and show empathy. 26) Focus on
the person. 27) Applause. 28) Extrinsic moꢀvaꢀon is
essenꢀal. 29) Everyone is important. 30) We all need
each other. 31) Collecꢀve intelligence. 32) Thank staff
members for a well-done job. 33) Take care of your
emoꢀons. 34) No projects, no teams. 35) Know your
strengths and weaknesses. 34) Small achievements are
great achievements. 35) Get out of the comfort zone.
Acknowledgements: To all the members of the Service of
General Surgery of Hospital Italiano of Buenos Aires with whom we
have created a great team and a great service, for all their dedica-
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6) We will come out of this together. 37) Transparent
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on, work, suggesꢁons, criꢁcism, collaboraꢁon and parꢁcipaꢁon in
communicaꢀon.
this adaptaꢁon of the Service to the great challenge we have ahead.