More women should lead

If women ruled the world, politics would be more collegial, businesses would be more productive, and communities would be healthier. More women should lead; not because they are the same as men, but precisely because they are different.” asserts Dee Dee Myers in her book “Why Women Should Rule The World” Most successful leaders and organizations have one thing in common, people at the center of their business models.

Leaders who leave a legacy wherever they go will have as their ambassadors, people whose lives would have been positively impacted and changed for the better by the leader’s influence. This is best illustrated by the lifetime relationship that can be established between a Grade 1 or Sub A learner and her teacher, the majority of which are women.  As the child’s role model, a teacher’s behavior and attitude can remain indelibly printed in the child’s mind.  This influence, if positive, can help to create a strong foundation for the Grade 1 learner to grow up to be a responsible adult.

Read the full article in the Assert Reign Issue December 2020