The Fault Lines of Leadership: Lessons from the Global Covid-19 Crisis

In this article, we reflect on the role that leadership has played in response to global Covid-19 crisis. We discuss two major ‘fault lines' of leadership: narcissism, and ideological rigidity. A fault line is a problem may not be obvious under normal circumstances but could cause fail stakeholders society at large defining moment such as pandemic. Using case examples from political leaders elaborate these breaking points crisis contrast them with healing properties leader compassion mending forces evidence-based decision making. conclude our article implications for responsible research practice.