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Leadership’s Silver Lining: How the Pandemic Permanently Elevated Management Effectiveness

March, 2025

When COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic on March 11, 2020, organizations worldwide braced for unprecedented disruption. What followed was not just a test of operational resilience, but a profound transformation in how leadership functions acro...

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