The COVID-19 pandemic is a striking example of a global crisis. The main impact, of course, is on health services but the effects on education have also been profound. School leaders have to deal with school closures, often at very short notice, while also planning to move teaching online, and coping with the impact of the virus on staff and student welfare. This is a ‘perfect storm’ of pressure for principals and other senior staff, which provides a severe test of leaders’ crisis management capabilities. Equally serious, but less often considered, is the impact of the pandemic on the strategic leadership and management of the organisation. The inevitable short-term reactions to the frequent changes in policy mean that longer-term considerations may be neglected. Renewing school vision, and recreating the sense of community characteristic of successful organisations, will be essential when education returns to ‘normal’.

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领导COVID-19：应对危机

COVID-19大流行是全球危机的一个突出例子。当然，主要影响是对卫生服务，但对教育的影响也很深远。学校领导通常必须在很短的时间内处理学校停课的情况，同时还计划将在线教学转移到网上，并应对病毒对员工和学生福利的影响。这是对校长和其他高级员工的“完美风暴”，这严重考验了领导者的危机管理能力。大流行对组织的战略领导和管理的影响同样严重，但很少有人考虑。对政策频繁变化不可避免的短期反应意味着长期考虑可能会被忽略。更新学校视野，