The urgent need for sophisticated leadership

five global forces — asymmetry of wealth, disruption, age disparities, polarization, and loss of trust ... ADAPT... changing the way millions of people live and work. The pandemic has sharply accelerated these forces... leaders... have never faced so many dilemmas ...

people look to leaders to provide stability, hope, and a path forward ... embody and negotiate a set of apparent contradictions ...

confidence to project a clear strategy... humility to correct course and recognize the need for change...; adroit at surveying the landscape from 30,000 feet ... making sure operations function well on the ground...; remain rooted in the traditions that made their organizations successful while continuously embracing innovation...; consider what they need their workforce to achieve, and then effectively use enabling technology...: think globally while acting locally...; negotiate differing viewpoints toward a consensus while maintaining their integrity...

confidence to project a clear strategy... humility to correct course and recognize the need for change...; adroit at surveying the landscape from 30,000 feet ... making sure operations function well on the ground...; remain rooted in the traditions that made their organizations successful while continuously embracing innovation...; consider what they need their workforce to achieve, and then effectively use enabling technology...: think globally while acting locally...; negotiate differing viewpoints toward a consensus while maintaining their integrity...

to repair and reconfigure from ... COVID-19 ... urgent need for leaders to understand, accept, and embrace these paradoxes... They must be Humble Heroes ... Strategic Executors... Traditioned Innovators ... Technology-savvy Humanists ... Globally-minded Localists... High-integrity Politicians