Being labeled a “failure” is typically something that no business leader wants tarnishing their name and reputation, something to be avoided at all costs.
However, the newly published “CEMS Guide to Leadership in a Post-COVID-19 World” — which makes recommendations for leaders, educators and professionals post-pandemic — reveals that COVID-19 has yielded a unique opportunity to stop, reflect and learn; to rethink the culture, operations, processes, frameworks and leadership that define us. Sherif Kamel, dean of the School of Business at The American University in Cairo, explains in his contribution to the report: “The world needs a different leadership style that is more visionary, effective, pragmatic, engaging, empowering, compassionate and transparent.”