For the last 4 months @Niksteffens @ReicherStephen @sarahvivbentley & I have been working on a major review of leadership during #COVID19. It was accepted for publication in Social Issues & Policy Review today and a preprint can be accessed here: psyarxiv.com/bhj49/

1/n The review was built around a 5R model of *identity leadership* and abstracted 12 key lessons. Some of these (e.g., Lesson 10) may seem obvious, but they challenge dominant models of leadership and crisis management a range of ways.

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Our book "Together Apart: The Psychology of COVID-19" is now with the publisher @SAGEpsychology but a preprint available on-line free: socialsciencespace.com/2020/05/addres…

Huge thanks to @Amy_Maher_SAGE and the team of contributors from around the world who helped us put it together

[1/n] The book spells out the implications of social identity theorising for multiple dimensions of the pandemic and, in the words of #AndrewCuomo, is designed to help readers "get their heads around the 'we' thing"

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Dani Nash @UQ_News asked us—
@NikSteffens @sarahvivbentley & I—to generate evidence-based tips for leaders in these challenging times

Her article is here: habs.uq.edu.au/article/2020/0…

The 5 points we came up with are reproduced below, together with links to supporting evidence

1/ 1. READY yourself and your group for shared challenges. The key asset in your group is the group itself—and an associated sense that “we are all this together”. This provides a platform for morale and citizenship, as well as for support and resilience.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/10…
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Our new paper in SPPC makes the case for a socio-psycho-bio model of health. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

This foregrounds the capacity for social groups—and the social contexts in which those groups are embedded— to structure psychology and, through this, biology and health.

1/n The three elements of the SPB model are dynamic and interdependent. This is consistent with recent approaches to health that have focused on the important role that social class, social inequality, social structure, and social networks play in shaping health outcomes.

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