Covid-19 is ravaging the global economy and presenting employers with unprecedented challenges. For Gravity chief executive Dan Price, that challenge was crushing: The company's revenue had essentially been cut in half. Price was faced with a grave decision: Lay off 20% of his employees or go bankrupt. Price refused to accept either option. Instead, he decided to do something almost unheard of in today's business environment: He asked his employees what to do. "As a CEO, I don't believe in top-down decisions," Price said on Twitter. "I spent 40 hours talking with every employee about our finances and asked for ideas." What followed was a master class in emotional intelligence--and a major lesson in how to run a business in the face of difficult challenges. (Read more in today's column.) #leadership #management #EmotionalIntelligence #coronavirus #COVID19 #innovation #gravity #MakeEmotionsWorkForYouNotAgainstYou …see more