Sometimes we make things very complicated when we think of the strengths and requirements of leadership in both our work and lives. The most important attributes that distinguish us in our unique roles are timeless and simple qualities that make a leader stand out from the rest.
Right now, it seems the whole would could benefit from some of these simple qualities in leadership.
As you know, I often turn to stories of women and men that came before any of us. Their wisdom and contributions transcend time and distance...and they left their wisdom in our care to apply to a new time.
Often I find that a distant perspective from a different time brings clarity to the complex and difficult times in which we live. Here is a favorite bit of wisdom that always reminds me what is most important...
"The REAL THINGS haven't changed.
It is still best to be honest and truthful,
to make the most of what we have;
to be happy with simple pleasures;
and have courage when things go wrong.
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Whose wisdom has influenced you?
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Debbe
Debbe Kennedy
Founder, Global Dialogue Center
Home of Women in the Lead
Author, Putting Our Differences to Work
About Laura Elizabeth Ingalls was born February 7, 1867, in a little log house in the Big Woods of Wisconsin. Laura's childhood was spent traveling west by covered wagon, to Indian Territory in Kansas, to Grasshopper Country in Minnesota, and then to Dakota Territory, where she met and married Almanzo Wilder. Laura's daughter Rose grew up listening to her mother's stories of those pioneer days. She urged her mother to write them down so that other children could enjoy them, as well. So in the 1930s and 40s, Laura recorded her memories of those days of long ago in a children's series known as the "Little House"® books.
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