A recent Chartered Management Institute study states: "[COVID-19] has demonstrated the importance of good leadership. Managers have needed to respond quickly and effectively to challenges they have never faced before."

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The same study also cites a 32% increase in people performance and a 23% increase in organisational performance from leadership development . However, leaders cannot be developed through training courses and coaching alone. Instead, they must develop through increasingly complex situations such as managing change and people or working internationally.