Strategic management decisions are occurring all around us during the Covid$-19$ pandemic. Organizations are making excruciating choices regarding employee retention and other central aspects of their operations. Please share examples of strong and$/$or poor strategic leadership you have seen or heard. What factors or people made these efforts successful or unsuccessful during this highly challenging global moment $($understanding it is all still in progress$)?$

$2.$ Covid$-19$ placed the mission$-$people balance under severe stress by placing many organizations and employees into immediate survival situations. How might strategic management knowledge assist you in balancing the mission and people elements in an organization? To what degree is it even possible in a pandemic?

$3.$ Has Covid$-19$ altered your perspective on strategic decision making, or at least provided motivation for reflection? Are there elements of strategic management you may consider studying in more detail in the future? Why?