As the world starts to emerge and settles into a “new normal,” I don’t think we will ever forget the year and a half we’ve just lived through. The keys to business survival include taking a long-term view, the willingness to change when necessary and the insight to know when not to, and the agility to be able to act with speed.
As people continue to get inoculated and children return to in-person learning, hopefully this is light at the end of the tunnel with the pandemic and people can feel safe to return to work.
Before joining WJNY as president and CEO, I worked as an executive at The Estee Lauder Companies. While there, I was fortunate to have the opportunity to work for and learn from one of the leading CEOs in the world, Fabrizio Freda.