PURPOSEFUL AND ADAPTIVE LEADERSHIP: Characteristics of Jokowi's Strategic Policies to Fight the Covid-19 in Indonesia
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Abstract
The pandemic of the Covid-19 has become a strategic surprise that called leaders of the world to make purposeful and adaptive decisions. In a pandemic characterized by VUCA (Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, Ambiguity), the uncertainty and unpredictability of changes are the most visible characteristics. A good leader will be known from his/her capacity to handle this uncertainty and unpredictability with his/her strategic decisions to find creative solutions. The objective of this study is to make an observation on Jokowi’s political decisions during the Covid-19 pandemic in Indonesia. Did he represent characteristics of a purposelful and adaptive leader to find creative solutions amidst the pros and cons of the people during the Covid-19 pandemic? Accademic literatures on his strategic decisions such as the Large Scale Social Restriction, establishment of the Covid-19 Task Force, provision of health service centers, establishment of information centers, military/police mobilization, provision of socioeconomic protection, and his political decisions will be the sources of information on which the discussion about his leadership will be built. He presented himself as a leader who carefully consider the goals/targets, ways/methods, and means of achieving the targets. He showed the courage to make strategic decisions, was creative in problem-solving, and was always present in the midst of humanitarian disasters. His leadership is characterized by clear purpose to keep people’s well-being in the time of crisis with an flexibility to choose creative solution to the problem.
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