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What type of leadership approach is optimal or acceptable in each type of

leadership situation? The optimal leadership styles for each are as follows:

Type A) Low risk and high certainty of information: Any leadership style

Type B) Low risk and low certainty of information: Entrepreneurial
leadership style

Type C) High risk and high certainty of information: Bureaucratic

leadership style

Type D) High risk and low certainty of information: Professional
leadership style

Nature of the Current Situation with the Covid-19 Virus

What type of situation is created by the Covid-19 virus? Let’s examine the factors in
this situation.

What do we know about the virus? We know that it is:

 Highly transmittable and

 Can cause death.

What don’t we know yet about the Virus? Almost everything else, including:

 Its true gestation-period.

 Its duration.
 Why some people get it and others who are presumably exposed apparently
do not get it. For example, President Trump has been exposed to people who

have the virus but apparently has not been affected by it himself.
 The complete nature of its transmission.

 Its true death rate as well as its death rate for people of varying age groups.
 Who is at most risk for the ultimate consequence of death?
 Do vaccinations for the flu help prevent or reduce the seriousness of the
disease?

 Are there existing vaccines or antibiotics (which typically do not kill viruses)
able to cure or control it?

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