A prize, a party, a badge, a sense of confidence about what you do, a picture in the paper, a bunch of investment?
The year of 2021 has certainly put leadership under a spotlight. How you lead a country, an organisation and a team through a pandemic was explored publicly. The pressure to survive focused your mind. We looked for leaders who made us feel safe, who could make decisions, who put really strong people around them.
Names like Jacinda Arden, the PM of New Zealand were heard a lot because she seemed to be in charge. We needed to find ways to be focused, flexible, altruistic, agile, kind, engaged and good humoured. Everyone had their own way of doing this but central to everything was to hold as tight as possible to our purpose.
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