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Book launch: (From left) Dean, Malex, Johan, Zainal Abidin, Nazrin and Roshan talking about the book at its launch in Kuala Lumpur yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR: In times of crisis, a true leader keeps a cool head.

“To be a good leader, one must maintain a very steady composure,” Dagang Nexchange Bhd group managing director Zainal Abidin Jalil said at a CEO panel discussion between corporate leaders hosted by social enterprise Leaderonomics and MPH.