Sir Martin Narey (Government Advisor and former CEO of Barnardos) discussed the obvious challenges everyone is facing at the moment due to the recession. It can be much easier to be an imaginative leader in good times but when times are tough and you are trying achieve more with less, motivation and inspiration of your workforce is vital.
However, perhaps Faisel Rahman (Founder, Fair Finance) summed everything up the best by simply saying the world is becoming increasingly more complicated. Leaders must not only make sense of this for themselves but also make it real for their businesses and colleagues