The six paradoxes of leadership

Leaders around the world have never had so many dilemmas to navigate and contradictions to reconcile. Indeed, successful leaders today must embody and negotiate a set of apparent contradictions in order to thrive in a rapidly changing world. In this article, Blair Sheppard and Susannah Anfield of PwC lay out the six paradoxes of contemporary leadership. And they explain why, as the world seeks systematically to repair and reconfigure from the collective trauma and damage suffered during the COVID-19 pandemic, there is an urgent need for leaders to understand, accept, and embrace these paradoxes.

For more insights, read The urgent need for sophisticated leadership.