Around the world, the COVID-19 pandemic is challenging leaders to step up like never before. Senior leaders of government, healthcare, schools and business are in the spotlight - but the need for leadership does not stop with them. People everywhere can accept the challenge of leadership, the challenge to step up in their community, workplace or home and be a force for good at a difficult time. There have already been some great examples: young people who have moved whole nations to #clapforourcarers, headteachers delivering food parcels, artists who have found new ways to create and inspire, neighbours who have mobilised community support and parents who have embarked on new adventures in home education. These examples highlight a central aspect of leadership: purpose. Richard Lieder, one of the world's most successful executive coaches, describes purpose as 'the deepest dimension within us - our central core or essence - where we have a profound sense of who we are, where we ca
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