Prasad on crisis leadership: aligning rhetoric with action

Canada Research Chair Dr. Ash Prasad of Royal Roads’ School of Business discusses how Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s servant leadership aligns political rhetoric with action, boosting his appeal within Ukraine and on the world stage, in an opinion piece published in both The Conversation and the National Post.

Here’s some of what he had to say:

“Zelensky’s decision to remain in Kyiv is both exceptional and profound…Zelensky has asked Ukrainian men and women to confront the invaders and to defend their country. In a last-ditch attempt to dissuade Putin on the eve of the invasion, he said: ‘When you attack us, you will see our faces, not our backs.’ Consistent with servant leaders who relegate their own self-interest in order to protect the interests of the people they serve, Zelensky stayed put to be part of the country’s resistance. He asked nothing of citizens that he wasn’t determined to do himself.”

Read full opinion piece at The Conversation or National Post