Leading through Service
servant leadership studentsEffective, strong leaders are not what they used to be. That is in no way, shape or form meant as a complaint…it is a statement of the evolution of the leadership and the pathway to a better world. Leadership, like pretty much everything else, has changed over time in many parts of the world. Strong leaders used to lead firmly from the top. There was a clear and enforced heirachy of who was in charge and whose orders were to be followed. Leaders led by giving orders with or without divulging the details of why, and everyone “under” them...
Read MoreForever In My Heart
The words they sang were translated from Mandarin to English on a scrap piece of paper delivered to me as I left campus to come back to the United States: “I fear I won’t have the opportunity to say goodbye to you because maybe we can not meet each other again. Tomorrow you will leave this place and me. When I think of this, the tears come down again. I will keep your face in my heart firmly forever. I will value the gifts of you that you gave me forever. These days we had together will never be forgotten in my heart. You can not promise whether you will come back, maybe I...
Read MoreA Chance to Change the World
Do you dream of making a difference in the world? Do you ever wonder what it would be like to be born somewhere else where the opportunities we enjoy simply do not yet exist? Do you believe that people are valuable no matter which country they were born in, no matter what language they speak, no matter what governmental system rules the land they were born to? I do. If you are like me in your passion about being a positive force in the world and helping women from every corner of our planet to have opportunities, safety, health, and respect equally to men, then I invite you to come with me...
Read MoreA True Hero: Razia Jan
By now you must know that what I am most passionate about is Women Changing the World, right? You can’t be on this site very long and not get that clue. I am priviledged to know many amazing, incredibly intelligent, and personally powerful women through the many networks, organizations and friendships that I hold dear. There is a profound beauty and limitlessness in the women I know – the amazing women who are changing the world. Here is the story of one that I have not (yet) had the pleasure of meeting, but who has inspired me to reach further and expand again into greater...
Read MoreWant World Peace? Educate Our Girls.
There are children starving all over the world. The largest and hungriest group starving are girls. Many of them are not starving because their families can’t feed them, or because of lack of food. Many will spend their whole lives in this weak and hopeless condition of constant hunger; making them dependent on others for their very survival. They are starving, even when they are eating. What they are hungry for is knowledge. Education. A chance to learn. To read, to write, to think beyond the walls of the barriers others have placed before them. There is freedom in education....
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