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Guest comment: Calling all the reluctant leaders

Guest comment: Calling all the reluctant leaders
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8 February 2021
CommentLeadership

Successful professional people are notoriously reluctant to take on the mantle of leadership. Increasingly, there are excellent reasons why they should, say Professor Laura Empson and David Morley

 ‘If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always got.’

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