How to use the coronavirus crisis to build resilience

The COVID-19 pandemic is creating turmoil for executives, but it could also be the best development training they'll ever get.

"It can shape or reinforce the types of leaders people want to be," says Rearn Norman from the Centre for Leadership Advantage.

Natasha Boddy and Sally Patten

Updated Jul 9, 2020 – 12.54pm, first published at Apr 23, 2020 – 9.00am

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The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in turmoil for executives. Businesses have had to sack or stand down staff as their models get turned upside down. Uncertainty around how long the crisis might last has only compounded anxiety and has left companies struggling to contain the fallout. It all adds up to one of the biggest challenges executives will ever face.

Andrew Mohl: "This is going to be the best executive development training [executives] are going to get." Louise Kennerley

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Natasha BoddyWork & Careers reporterNatasha Boddy is Work & Careers reporter with The Australian Financial Review. She was previously a homepage editor and online producer.

Sally PattenBOSS editorSally Patten edits BOSS, and writes about workplace issues. She was the financial services editor and personal finance editor of the AFR, The Age and the Sydney Morning Herald. She edited business news for The Times of London.