BUS 621 Week 5 Assignment CH.docx BUS621 Leadership in Hard Times University of Arizona

BUS 621 Week 5 Assignment CH.docx  BUS621  Leadership in Hard Times  University of Arizona Global Campus   BUS 621: Leadership and Teamwork   Abstract  The purpose of this paper is to analyze a difficult leadership situation in the business world that has impacted a company or companies. It will  develop a plan for positively increasing the performance of the organization, the leadership, and the teams within the organization using the five  practices of exemplary leadership as developed by Kouzes and Posner.  Leadership in Hard Times  Latin writer Publilius Syrus once said, €œAnyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm€ (Pozin, 2014, p.1). When times get hard, leaders must find the audacity to display the character, actions, and skills necessary to lead their team out of the dark and into the light. During the COVID-19 Pandemic small business leaders have been faced with this challenge. Leaders must find ways to overc