{"id":51701,"date":"2020-04-28T10:51:43","date_gmt":"2020-04-28T14:51:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ccl.org\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=51701"},"modified":"2025-05-08T10:35:29","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T14:35:29","slug":"world-versus-covid","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/www.ccl.org\/articles\/white-papers\/world-versus-covid\/","title":{"rendered":"The World Versus COVID: How to Win the Second Set"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Introduction<\/h2>\n<p>Asian countries were the first hit by the global coronavirus pandemic, and are gradually bracing for the new normal that will emerge. We conducted interviews with 20 C-suite leaders across Asia from different countries, organizations, and industries to see how they\u2019re preparing for the challenges ahead.<\/p>\n<p>It seems that we\u2019ve entered a 3-set match of COVID versus Humanity. Making a comeback in the second and third sets will requiring extreme resilience from organizations, societies, and nations. Asian CXOs unanimously agree that leadership will be the key differentiator between organizations that come out stronger post-COVID and those that will be unable to recover.<\/p>\n<p>Our interviews uncovered 6 paradoxes around people and business that leaders in Asia and across the world must navigate, and the essential skills needed to win the \u201csecond set\u201d against COVID.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"How to Win in a Post-Covid World - Six Essential Skills | CCL\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MH5eHRTfTls?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"d-none\">Download White Paper<\/h2>\n<div class=\"callOut\">\n<div class=\"h2Display\">Download White Paper<\/div>\n<p>Download this white paper to learn the 6 paradoxes leaders must navigate to win in the post-COVID world.<\/p>\n<div class=\"buttonPosition\"><a class=\"buttons button1\" href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/the-world-versus-covid-center-for-creative-leadership.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" aria-label=\"Download the world versus covid white paper now.\" data-material-type=\"white paper\" data-element-type=\"action button\" data-element-cta=\"Download File\" data-element-position=\"1\">Download Now<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your organization must prepare now to win in the post-Covid world. 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