Are You Designing Moments of Impact?
This week’s Step Up Leader tip offers an opportunity to explore how to consciously design moments of impact as a leader. It borrows from Leading Blog, in which a new book outlines how to have strategic conversations that have impact. One of the things we teach leaders to do is create the capacity and spaciousness […]
More Reflections about Rwanda: A Country’s Leadership Journey
This is the second part in my series about Rwanda and its leadership journey. (If you missed the first part, click here.) Here are a few of my observations on key influences for the country’s current success. 1. Stewardship of natural resources; effective planning and implementation Plastic bags are banned in Rwanda, so there is […]
Reflections about Rwanda: A Country’s Leadership Journey – Part 1
When I visited Rwanda this last month, my primary purpose was to deepen my connection to the Akilah Institute for Women. My blog post, “More Leadership Lessons from Rwanda” focused on how they were taking our Step Up Leader principles and integrating them into their world. This week and next, I will share my impressions […]
Mindful Leadership on the Rise
This month’s newsletter topic is inspired from a recent Huffington post article by Gabriel Riera, co-Founder and Director of the Mindful Leadership Summit. It is thrilling for me to see that Step Up Leader’s perspective on helping leaders develop their inner core is becoming mainstream! “Something significant is happening in the evolution of leadership. For […]
More Leadership Lessons from Rwanda
Step Up Leadership traveled to Rwanda this month to share our principles with the young women of the Akilah Institute for Women. Akilah means “wisdom” in Swahili. I cannot think of a more fitting word to describe this remarkable place. Akilah is a college that offers a unique model of market-relevant education empowering graduates for success […]