20 firms leading through pandemic

Scott Olster

Senior Managing Editor, Editorial AI at LinkedIn News

Published May 12, 2020

At key moments in history — financial panics and depressions, global conflicts and catastrophes — companies shoulder responsibilities that go far beyond meeting earnings targets and satisfying shareholders. This type of business leadership will be crucial to weathering the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic fallout.

LinkedIn editors set out to understand what this kind of leadership looks like. The result? Beyond the Call, a series that will explore how companies are supporting employees, customers and the broader community during this crisis.
To start things off, we have highlighted 20 examples of companies, both large and small, that have shown exceptional leadership through this crisis; from a luxury hotel in Manhattan opening its doors to give health care workers free lodging, to a Cambridge, Mass. bar repurposing its space to provide antibody testing.

What companies do you believe are going above and beyond during the pandemic? Weigh in with #BeyondTheCall.

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What companies are showing true leadership during the pandemic? #BeyondTheCall As business ground to a halt earlier this spring, Scott Olster and I set out to understand what companies--both large and small--were doing to help shore up their employees, customers and communities. This is more than a nice thing, or the right thing, to do. It's leadership embodied. Who else belongs on this list?

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What companies are showing true leadership during the pandemic? #BeyondTheCall As business ground to a halt earlier this spring, Scott Olster and I set out to understand what companies--both large and small--were doing to help shore up their employees, customers and communities. This is more than a nice thing, or the right thing, to do. It's leadership embodied. Who else belongs on this list?

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Harold E. Olsen
Business Planning Executive | Demand Management | Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) | Collaborative Leader & Manager | Cat Herder

Great to hear the various ways that companies and individuals are looking out for their employees and communities. I am close to Irvine and will definitely be enjoying Cali Dumpling sometime soon!

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What companies are showing true leadership during the pandemic? #BeyondTheCall As business ground to a halt earlier this spring, Scott Olster and I set out to understand what companies--both large and small--were doing to help shore up their employees, customers and communities. This is more than a nice thing, or the right thing, to do. It's leadership embodied. Who else belongs on this list?

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My favorite is Mario Salerno - because his donation literally hits close to home for every one of his tenants.

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What companies are showing true leadership during the pandemic? #BeyondTheCall As business ground to a halt earlier this spring, Scott Olster and I set out to understand what companies--both large and small--were doing to help shore up their employees, customers and communities. This is more than a nice thing, or the right thing, to do. It's leadership embodied. Who else belongs on this list?

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Ann Longmore
Senior Account Associate at Marsh & McLennan Agency - Northeast

I think Panera Bread is going #beyondthecall and demonstrating tremendous leadership in working with #FeedAmerica to provide meals for those in need during the #pandemic — keeping workers employed and helping others.

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What companies are showing true leadership during the pandemic? #BeyondTheCall As business ground to a halt earlier this spring, Scott Olster and I set out to understand what companies--both large and small--were doing to help shore up their employees, customers and communities. This is more than a nice thing, or the right thing, to do. It's leadership embodied. Who else belongs on this list?

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Chris Norby, PMP
Project Procurement Manager at Siemens Mobility

It's both refreshing and encouraging to see this and other efforts underway to highlight and promote the good that individuals and organizations are doing all over the world in responding to the daunting challenges and disparities of Covid-19. Let's keep the solutions-based discussions going!

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It's great to see local Dry Diggings Distillery from El Dorado Hills on this list, selflessly supporting first responders. Hats off to these companies showing true leadership during this crisis. #BeyondTheCall #Sacramento #smallbusiness

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Jack C.
Business System Specialist, TD Bank - IT Core Banking / Middleware

Thank you for starting this project and spreading some good news, especially for the hotel chains, which provide free housing for the health care workers. It is a win-win situation, i.e. rooms are being used, instead of 'empty', and may look 'abandoned' while providing service!

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It's not just #healthcare professionals and first responders stepping up to help during the #COVID19 pandemic, but a whole host of companies large and small.

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Joshua Reed, RRT, ACCS, RPFT, NPS
Respiratory Therapist at UnityPoint Health - Trinity

#beyondthecall Hilton. As a frontline healthcare worker who has been moving around, Hilton has been offering free hotel rooms to healthcare workers. Myself, and countless other coworkers have been utilizing this program, and we’ve all been extremely grateful. The process was made easy and the service has been extraordinary. I’ll be a Hilton customer for life.

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