ML Leadership

Shaping 2013

Like a door opening, the start of each year provides opportunity to cross the threshold to new possibilities and opportunities. Passing through it reawakens the desire to dream and set goals. Unknown mystery and unexpected moments will become precious memories. 2012 provided many special moments and memories for me; highlights include a...

The Importance of Remembering

Word of the armistice, a temporary cessation of fighting through the mutual consent of the warring parties, had spread and some had begun to celebrate. Two minutes before it went into effect, at 10:58 a.m. on Nov. 11, 1918, Private George Lawrence Price, was felled by a bullet, gaining the distinction of...

Looking for Leaders: Invest in Girls

The United Nations General Assembly declared the first ever International Day of the Girl to be celebrated on October 11, 2012.  The campaign that led to recognizing a girls’ rights day was lead by Canadian girls who inspired others to mobilize support internationally to raise awareness about the particular challenges that girls...

Take a Leap

When those who create change in the world share, something within me stirs.  I admire the courage that allows them to face and overcome challenges- conquering mountains or handicaps, setting records, or fighting for and attaining freedoms. What sets them apart? What motivates them to take action leaping into action and moving...