One year on: what have corporate affairs leaders learned from COVID?
COVID-19 has thrown its fair share of spanners at businesses across Australia, but as Anna Whitlam, founder and MD of Anna Whitlam People, discovered there is plenty to be learned for corporate affairs leaders.
March 12, 2021 8:30
by ANNA WHITLAM
Last Tuesday I did the unthinkable. I put on a suit and a pair of heels, boarded a plane (remember planes?) and flew from Melbourne to Sydney to reconnect with clients and colleagues, and host a round table lunch in-person.
After 12 months working from home in my Birkenstocks whilst enduring some of the world’s strictest lockdowns with my fellow Victorians, it felt like I was going to New York. For an extroverted road warrior with cabin fever, it was magic.