This report summarises the key take-aways and recommendations from the International Leadership Conference “Leading with Grit and Grace”, jointly organised by TalentNomics India and KAS Japan’s Regional Economic Programme Asia (SOPAS). The event was held virtually on November 5th and 6th, 2020. The meeting brought together more than 20 Global Leaders as speakers and panelists, and was attended by over 500 participants. The event, held in the backdrop of the COVID-19 health, social and economic global crisis, centred around charting an inclusive recovery from the crisis and highlighting traits of leaders who can impactfully steer the new post-COVID world.