Leadership lessons from a turbulent year: What the business schools say.
If, as the old saying goes, problems are just learning opportunities in disguise, then the past year must surely have been packed with rich educational experiences for entrepreneurs and business leaders everywhere. Coping with big challenges such as spiralling costs and shortages of both materials and talent while simultaneously trying to make hybrid teams work and decide when, or whether, to get people back in the office, running a business in topsy-turvy 2021 seems to have required the skills of a tightrope walker or contortionist as much as those of a leader.