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Five principles to follow if your job is to lead your staff through the coronavirus crisis

  • Written by Bernard Walker, Associate Professor in Organisations and Leadership, University of Canterbury
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As New Zealand begins a four-week lockdown to avoid the spread of COVID-19, businesses will have to adapt to radically new settings.

Just hours before the lockdown, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern declared a state of emergency and issued an epidemic notice to give authorities further enforcement powers to make sure people follow the...

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