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One Step for a Nation, One step for Humanity?
Where is the Mr. or Ms. Smith when we need them the most? Maybe this will be the person and he or she has arrived in Washington to help the little guy and do the right thing for our nation & for the world.
Our nation is at a cross road and the path ahead isn't very clear to many of us. Whoever wins this election the road ahead for them will be always full of political situations and obstacles that will always be changing, that will be the true challenge. I pray that those decisions will reflect the best interest of the average individual of this nation.
Or is this just a pipe dream that I'm having again?
I particularly enjoy the two audience geese, and how completely enthralled they are in whatever the other one is squawking about.
Turnbull NWR, where the Canada geese are allowed to be their crazy selves...
Everyone knows what leadership is, but few people can actually put it into words.
Having asked the question "What is leadership" many times, it's been rare to get the same answer twice.
However don't we know it when we experience it?
And we know what it is not. Leadership is not a job - right?
However aren't we all presented with opportunities for leadership - perhaps daily?
That means any of us can be a leader, and probably should be more often.
OK - I've written a book and lectured at the undergraduate level on leadership - yet a final definition accepted by all is elusive.
So I rely on some simple principles:
1) You can not be a leader without followers. Voluntary followers are the best indicator of leadership.
2) A good leader makes the right decision, at the right time, for the right reason. Generic I know - but still useful within your value system - which is likely different for each of us.
That's as far as is needed to explain the posted photo.
I'm posing with gorgeous Gabrielle Claiborne at a social event prior to 2020. She immediately impressed me in a variety of ways - but for the purposes of this post, it was her leadership potential that hooked me.
That is why I was thrilled she agreed to be a subject of my published interview - released just today. See my FB posting for details or visit www.transliving.co.uk/ to order a copy of the magazine.
She's an author, TED talk speaker, advisor and source of inspiration to countless people.
Maybe others would not agree, but I think Gabrielle will attract a good number of follows - for the right reasons.
I wish to give Pamela Lennon credit for inspiring this post on leadership. Truth be told - I follow her too.
Enjoy!
Nora
PS - In case Jenna is reading this - Yes, that is the same dress. I wonder what it would say if it could talk? Yikes!
From August 24 to 26, Central Michigan University's Leadership Institute hosted Leadership Safari. Nearly 1,500 CMU students participated.
From August 24 to 26, Central Michigan University's Leadership Institute hosted Leadership Safari. Nearly 1,500 CMU students participated.
From 27 to 29 August the CMU Leadership Institute and a volunteer staff of more than 225 students welcomed 1,000+ to Central Michigan University at Leadership Safari
FSA Administrator Zach Ducheneaux and Farm Production and Conservation Under Secretary Robert Bonnie are interviewed at the National Association of Farm Broadcasting (NAFB) Trade Talk in Kansas City, MO. 11/17/2022 by USDA/Kirsten Strough
One final closeup shot of this vulture and its mate. Click image below to start at the beginning of this sequence.
Maasai Mara, Kenya
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From August 24 to 26, Central Michigan University's Leadership Institute hosted Leadership Safari. Nearly 1,500 CMU students participated.
From 27 to 29 August the CMU Leadership Institute and a volunteer staff of more than 225 students welcomed 1,000+ to Central Michigan University at Leadership Safari
From 27 to 29 August the CMU Leadership Institute and a volunteer staff of more than 225 students welcomed 1,000+ to Central Michigan University at Leadership Safari
The 2023 Leadership of Wyoming class toured the Wyoming Air National Guard 153rd Airlift Wing for Military Day and were able to experience a day in the life of the military as they rode in a C-130 Hercules as well as a UH-60 Black Hawk, and learned about the Air and Army Guard as part of their tour in Cheyenne on May 17, 2023. The program is aimed at enhancing the leadership skills of local leaders. Those who complete the program continue to lead not only their community but the State of Wyoming. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Kristina Kranz)
From August 24 to 26, Central Michigan University's Leadership Institute hosted Leadership Safari. Nearly 1,500 CMU students participated.
Leadership Circles: Shifting our Approach to Leadership
Remarks by
· Peter Lacy , Global Sustainability Services Lead and Chief
Responsibility Officer, Accenture, United Kingdom at the Young Global Leaders Annual Summit 2022 in Geneva, Switzerland, 1 September, Copyright: World Economic Forum/Pascal Bitz
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Assistant Secretary for Health, Admiral Rachel Levine and Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services Deputy Under Secretary Stacy Dean visited Watkins ES in Washington, D.C. on Friday, March 17 in recognition of National Nutrition Month. They participated alongside 5th grade students in a “hands-on” FoodPrints lesson by the non-profit FRESHFARM and learned about harvesting and cooking nutritious collard greens and about the nutritional value of whole grains. The two also engaged in a conversation on nutrition and health with stakeholders including Watkins ES students and parents, District of Columbia governmental officials, public school leadership, and anti-hunger and nutrition advocates from the private and nongovernmental sectors. (USDA photo by Christophe Paul)
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Original Photo with background here.
Update - I was wrapped to see this photo made it to the Intrestingness page on May 4th (albeit waaaaay down the list)....first time it ever happened for me.
Update 2 - And then just as quickly fell out again :-(
Michelle Laberge de Rona inc., et des clientes invitées, au dîner-conférence sur le leadership au féminin de Randstad Canada
Leaders stand out among the crowd. They know their job, they have a role to play.
"If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader." ~ John Quincy Adams: ~
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"New Castle was originally settled by the Dutch West India Company in 1651 under the leadership of Peter Stuyvesant on the site of a former aboriginal village, "Tomakonck" ("Place of the Beaver"), to assert their claim to the area based on a prior agreement with the aboriginal inhabitants of the area. The Dutch originally named the settlement Fort Casimir, but this was changed to Fort Trinity (Swedish: Trefaldighet) following its seizure by the colony of New Sweden on Trinity Sunday, 1654. The Dutch conquered the entire colony of New Sweden the following year and rechristened the fort Nieuw-Amstel ("New Amstel", after the Amstel). This marked the end of the Swedish colony in Delaware as an official entity, but it remained a semi-autonomous unit within the New Netherland colony and the cultural, social, and religious influence of the Swedish settlers remained strong. As the settlement grew, Dutch authorities laid out a grid of streets and established the town common (The "Green"), which continue to this day.
In 1664, the English seized the entire New Netherland colony in the Second Anglo-Dutch War. They changed the name of the town to "New Castle" and made it the capital of their Delaware Colony. The Dutch regained the town in 1673 during the Third Anglo-Dutch War but it was returned to Great Britain the next year under the Treaty of Westminster. In 1680, New Castle was conveyed to William Penn by the Duke of York by livery of seisin and was Penn's landing place when he first set foot on American soil on October 27, 1682. This transfer to Penn was contested by Lord Baltimore and the boundary dispute was not resolved until the survey conducted by Mason and Dixon, now famed in history as the Mason–Dixon line.
Prior to the establishment of Penn's Philadelphia, New Castle was a center of government. After being transferred to Penn, Delaware's Swedish, Dutch, and English residents used to the relaxed culture of the Restoration monarchy grew uncomfortable with the more conservative Quaker influence, so Delaware petitioned for a separate legislature, which was finally granted in 1702. Delaware formally broke from Pennsylvania in 1704. New Castle again became the seat of the colonial government, thriving with the various judges and lawyers that fueled the economy. Many smaller houses were torn down and replaced in this era. In February, 1777, John McKinly was elected the first President of Delaware (a title later renamed "Governor"). During the Revolution, when New Castle was besieged by William Howe, the government elected to move its functions south to Dover in May, 1777. McKinley was captured by the British and held prisoner for several months. New Castle remained the county seat until after the Civil War, when that status was transferred to Wilmington. Three signers of the Declaration of Independence were from New Castle—Thomas McKean, George Read, and George Ross.
The 16-mile (26 km) portage between the Delaware River and Chesapeake Bay saved a 400-mile (640 km) trip around the Delmarva Peninsula, so this brought passengers, goods, and business to New Castle's port. In the years following the Revolution, a turnpike was built to facilitate travel between the two major waterways. Later, New Castle became the eastern terminus of the New Castle and Frenchtown Railroad, the second-oldest rail line in the country, launched in 1828 with horse-drawn rail cars, then converting to steam power when an engine was purchased from Great Britain in 1832. The line traversed the Delmarva Peninsula, running to the Elk River, Maryland, from where passengers changed to packet boats for further travel to Baltimore and points south. This helped the New Castle economy to further boom; however, by 1840, rail lines were in place between Philadelphia and Baltimore, which had a stop in Wilmington, thus leaving New Castle to deal with a substantial decline in traffic and revenue.
The decline in New Castle's economy had the long-range fortunate effect of preventing most residents from making any significant structural changes to their homes. So, the many buildings of historic New Castle look much as they did in the colonial and Federal periods.
New Castle has a tradition, dating back to 1927, of tours of historical homes, churches, and gardens. These tours, called "A Day in Olde New Castle", are usually held on the third Saturday of May. Householders dress in colonial costumes and an admittance fee is collected which is used toward the maintenance of the town's many historic buildings. In June the town holds its annual Separation Day celebration.
On April 28, 1961, an F3 tornado hit the north side. Although no fatalities or injuries occurred, it was the only tornado of this magnitude ever recorded in Delaware." - info from Wikipedia.
The fall of 2022 I did my 3rd major cycling tour. I began my adventure in Montreal, Canada and finished in Savannah, GA. This tour took me through the oldest parts of Quebec and the 13 original US states. During this adventure I cycled 7,126 km over the course of 2.5 months and took more than 68,000 photos. As with my previous tours, a major focus was to photograph historic architecture.
Now on Instagram.