Where is Boris Johnson?

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Dr Leah Tomkins, Senior Lecturer in Organisational Studies in the OU Business School, has written a blog for the International Leadership Association (ILA), a leading international professional association for scholars and practitioners of leadership.

Leah's blog summarises and further develops a paper she wrote in May, ‘Where is Boris Johnson? When and Why it Matters that Leaders Show Up in a Crisis’.


This piece forms part of a special issue by the International Leadership Association which has invited well-known and respected thought leaders from around the world to share their leadership knowledge, wisdom, and viewpoint to inform and inspire. 

Read Dr Leah Tomkins' blog on the ILA website

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