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This project aims to spur, enhance and contribute to Women Leadership Development in Africa through building contextually relevant tools, literature and reference materials drawn from the experiences of exceptional and successful women leaders, women role models and thought leaders who have grown and served within Africa and beyond.
We know that much as there has been many exceptional women leaders in our space doing alot of impressive leadership work, there have been very little documentation about their Uniquness, Power, Contribution and Lessons. As such, very little of the leadership wisdom and resource garnered along the way is being used to enrich the narrative and philosophy about Women Leadership in our context, worse still, very little is being used to empower, enrich, guide or mentor the now increasing numbers of women leaders. Inspite of these, we know that, when and where Women Leadership is being embraced and supported, there is characteristic exponential growth and admirable impact.
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Women learn leadership from the noble position of a being Mother.
Mothers are called to be leaders and role models for leaders.
Some people are born leaders while others are thrust into leadership.
Motherhood is an excellent example of servant leadership which was Jesus’ forte.
Motherhood is simultaneously being thrown into the deep end and the perfect training ground to develop, build and challenge your leadership skills if one submits willingly to the process.
A leader is one that must have people to lead and thankfully as a mother, your children are those people.
As a mother, one instinctively goes into the teaching mode once your child is born.
As a leader, you get to teach your children your values and way of life.
A good guide has experience in the subject matter and leads from the front.
As a mother, you instill in your children a sense of ownership for the decisions they make.
The goal of raising your children is to equip them to live in the world independently of you.
As you lead, you raise leaders.
Leadership is essentially a continuous process of influencing the behaviors of others.
Leadership is a dynamic process, it evolves with changing times.
With desire and willpower, you can become an effective leader.
Leadership is a gift that is meant to be shared and passed on to others.
Leadership is a way of life.
Leadership is becoming more self-aware of the untapped potential buried within.
Leadership is about identifying opportunities, flagging them, and gathering the courage to step up to the opportunities.
Leadership is about admitting, “I am humanâ€, and not feeling embarrassed of my vulnerabilities but stepping out to embrace them as strengths.
Leadership is being the same person in and out of roles and titles
Leadership is a process; it’s not an end in itself but a work in progress.
A successful leader is one who has lived the full cycle of passing valuable leadership insights or deliberately passing the baton to others.
The leadership that I pass on to others is the leadership that I live.
Leadership is unique for each one of us.
It’s when mentees desire to become like the mentor that they often lose their identity, which is a dangerous path for growth.
I aspire to shine my light, and this way, invite others to light and shine theirs too.
Women must develop the tenacity to withstand pressure and use it as a stepping stone to build themselves.
Aggressiveness is better appreciated if the person pushing is a person of value.
Be a self-driven leader despite the environment around you.
Be a self-driven leader despite the environment around you.
As a woman, you should amass a positive mindset that views challenges and pressure as things that can be used to grow.
Be an influential voice in a space that once considered you an outsider.
Stay focused and intentional.
Always remind yourself who you are and why you are here.
A woman can unleash her potential, break out and break forth!
Appreciate your struggles as a woman, wear them as a medal, and plow on!
A discerning leader possesses wisdom and ability to differentiate between right and wrong while anticipating impactful results.
A leader is one who ensures that followers are guided in the right and purposeful direction.
Leaders must possess acute powers of observation and insight.
Leadership is the ability to command curiosity with an unquenchable desire to learn and explore.
A leader is endowed with the power to filter out what isn’t beneficial to the team and guide them to lock on to a specific target.
Just like the eagle, leaders must dare high and lonely altitudes ensuring they remain distant.
Leaders train their followers to locate opportunities amidst challenges and to never give up the fight.
Leadership poses a demand for a high level of maturity that naturally eliminates self while focusing on elevating others.
Fear is by no means a close relative of Respect: Respect is earned while fear is forced. Fear chokes, respect inspires.
Discerning leaders must constantly watch out to uproot sprouts of fear, intimidation, and sabotage.
True and impactful leadership has respect and trust as its principal ingredients.
Leadership is a privilege that must not be abused but be carried with a high level of accountability not just for the direct reports but also for generations linked to them.
The mental, emotional, and psychological well-being of every follower is the litmus test for good leadership in the current workspace
There is a language that keeps followers trusting and committed, that is the language of a leader.
A leader must be discerning enough to differentiate the audience and deliver different messages without pulling a negative or suspicious trigger.
A leader must outlive themselves by raising, mentoring, and molding generations that take after them.
The real measure of a leader is the lasting impact and legacy they leave behind.
A visionary leader is one that drives a clear talent strategy through proper planning, attracting, and selecting best talent.
The ability of a leader to identify and raise her successor is a reflection of maturity since businesses and roles outgrow individuals.
Fearless and competent leaders exhibit integrity and garner trust from their followers.
The science of integrity, therefore, speaks to contentment, high self-esteem, confidence, and self-worth.
A leader of integrity is forthright and possesses unwavering moral principles anchored on strong values.
A leader of integrity is forthright and possesses unwavering moral principles anchored on strong values.
The science of integrity, therefore, speaks to contentment, high self-esteem, confidence, and self-worth.
The leader is responsible for the psychosocial wellness of the team.
Leaders who drive a culture of praise and appreciation are a force to reckon with
Leadership is a divine assignment
Being a woman in leadership means building people.
Being a woman in leadership means building people.
Leadership is all about social influence and having the ability to influence and infuse a believable vision.
A leader must be willing to learn, re-learn, and sometimes unlearn ways of doing things to progress.
Mother, It is from this woman, whom I consider the first woman leader I encountered in my life.
Women have the power in changing people’s destinies in a great way.
Opportunities can appear when you least expect them, sometimes life has a different plan for us.
‘Imposter syndrome’ appears when being offered a leadership post and feeling unqualified.
It is more realistic to enter leadership with your eyes open to uncertainty.
It is how leaders adapt and respond, that will demonstrate good leadership, not the crisis itself
A good leader sets the direction and keeps the channels of communication open
It drains one to ‘put on’ the persona of a leader, just be yourself
‘Servant Leadership’ is often cited as a model of way forward, where decisions are delegated widely in the company.
Being a leader can be a lonely place.
It is a privilege to lead.
Arise, women of Africa. Arise, women of the world!
A leader plays a role in the type of leaders their subjects become.
Sometimes what people lack is the opportunity to showcase who they are, to experiment, to try things out, and to check what works and what doesn’t.
My advice to all women is, first seek to know what you need, and what you want in life.
To grow as a leader work on our attitude and how we embrace challenges.
If you do something, give it your all.
Women of Africa, don’t make it easy for people to decide to eliminate you?
I urge you to embrace excellence.
My associations, friends, and acquaintances are a reflection of my character.
Be the voice of the minority despite the bullies.
I had been a leader in so many ways yet I never realized it because of my perceptions and weak ideologies.
My limited belief limited my view of God as well as what He could do for me, through me, and to me.
Beware, a limited belief system is quite dangerous for any individual.
I’ve always been myself because that was something I knew how to do effortlessly.
Always stand in truth not just ‘your truth’.
My testimony has become my greatest ministry and point of influence.
An Effective leader is one who adapts to changes and accepts failures.
You never get to the top without facing adversity
The world needs more genuine and authentic leaders, not copy-cats and puppets.
It’s easier to prepare for a war when you know who the enemy is.
Emotions; as much as they can help us connect, relate and understand they can also be dangerous and catastrophic.
Setting up a plan to grow and develop is a game changer.
The willingness to accept me, led to a slow but steady forgiveness of myself, that led to a journey of healing my inner child.
I give an idea of what breaking free from people-pleasing looks like.
I am Igniting the idea and possibility of healing and becoming a better version of ourselves.
I am using my story and the influence I have been given by God for the greater good to making the vision of the Kush Tracey Initiative bigger than myself.
Never compare yourself to others, we are all called to something.
Never compare yourself to others, we are all called to something.
Never compare yourself to others we are all called to something.
It is through our differences that we make a difference in the world.
I stopped looking at my past as my limitation but started looking at it as valuable reference material.
My mistakes and failures have made me a better transformational leader and a better person.
The greatest life lessons I have learned were in my hardest, lowest, traumatic, and failed days as compared to my good and successful days.
Never let a position define you or dictate your future as a person.
As a leader, you have to choose wisely the thoughts you allow, and the ideologies you accept and be very strategic in filtering out the chaff by weighing the world views on a scale with the WORD (Bible) views if you must.
A woman leader comes with greater collective and balanced intelligence, emotional intelligence, especially in conflict resolution and problem-solving and broader thinking.
Women do not have to behave like men to get ahead, our traits as women can be used positively as an advantage for us to get ahead.
Knowledge is power, and there is no substitute for hard work!
The biggest demonstration of our capability to lead is how we respond quickly to the changing environment.
Be bold. Ask Questions!
Do not fear to show your ignorance sometimes.
Do not get stuck in your comfort zone.
Do not get stuck in your comfort zone.
Be present but go unnoticed.
We now appreciate the cultural forces disguised as gender stereotypes that have an adverse bearing on women’s participation in leadership.
The conceptions of who is leader-like can be challenging for women, especially when their communication style is expected to be masculine.
Leadership is the simple principle of knowing who you are, what your fundamental beliefs are, and fundamentally what constitutes your value system
Leadership is the simple principle of knowing who you are, what your fundamental beliefs are, and fundamentally what constitutes your value system
As a leader remember that to get ahead, you need to get the support of your colleagues, male or female, who are not afraid to tell you when you make a mistake.
Sometimes women suffer feelings of inadequacy that persist despite a host of achievements and successes.
Accept your achievements gracefully, without pride, failure is part of the success.
The best coaching and mentorship in the workplace happens in the daily interactions with peers, seniors, and juniors when people get feedback and exchange ideas about how different things work.
Never fail to acknowledge the need for women to sit at the leadership table and not the periphery, and take advantage of available growth opportunities.
Wholeness is about practical priority setting and attaching value to all your commitments.
Leadership is about making the people and world around us better.
To become a leader worthy of being followed you have to enlist others with you and co-create.
Leadership is not an individual activity, it’s collective, it’s about us enlisting others in it.
A leader is one who remembers the power lies in the ordinary people.
Leadership without judgment gives rise to acceptance, compassion, and forgiveness.
As a leader, you need to tame your ego and be always ready to implement or accept other people’s ideas.
In your leadership journey, whatever happens, always stay true to your north star, your passion, and your purpose.
The art of good communication is the cornerstone of Leadership.
Your job as a leader is to err on the side of multiplication and developing the best talents ever.
You have to act NOW not later; the right time is now.
Find a balance between peace and progress, leadership is about service and leading by example.
As a leader the questions become, will you do everything that you can do?
I will never know because I refused to try.
Train your mind to say “Yes†whenever opportunities come your way.
Face fear in the face.
People see things as they are or based on their own experiences.
To be safe means doing nothing, and maintaining the status quo.
To be safe means remaining average and mediocre.
To be safe means doing nothing, and maintaining the status quo
There is a purpose for which I was created; to help people harness their full potential
Leadership is a personal journey, it is not shared.
If my taking up a new opportunity is against the norm, so be it.
Leadership is about pushing the boundaries, coloring outside the lines, and building a box where there is none.
Leadership is a risky venture.
You must accept that failure is part of the journey.
Your attitude at this point is what matters at the end of the day.
Do not let leadership opportunities go because you are afraid of failure.
Leadership is a call of immense responsibility.
Leadership is a call of immense responsibility.
Leadership is a call of immense responsibility.
Leadership is a call to servant hood.
Leadership is a call of courage.
Leadership is influence.
Authentic leadership is futuristic.
Being a leader is self-sacrificing - something bigger than a paycheck.
The title leader is a title that one could never retire from.
Leadership without an authentic vision is basic management and bare ambition.
A visionary leadership is pegged on self-leadership
You are not a mistake; there is a reason why you are alive today and at such a time as this.
My life’s mission as a leader: is to create knowledge for the betterment of society.
There is no ranking system for personal values.
To stay true to my value of accomplishments, I look out for environments that allow me to begin new ideas, solve problems, and influence outcomes.
Self-leadership is a critical component of visionary leadership.
The mindset is a set of beliefs, how they influence your behavior, attitude, and how you react to others.
We are all born into this world with a clean slate.
Potential is the difference between your current state and your ideal state.
Get out of your comfort zone, dare to dream, and take your life back.
Your circumstances should never determine your future.
Life is a journey, not an event.
Your mind is your biggest asset in enabling you to unleash your potential, never forget that.
Whatever holds you back exists only in your mind and nowhere else.
The power of potential is led by consistency.
Doing little things repeatedly will help you accomplish the big things you’ve always wanted to achieve.
I began my self-discovery journey by identifying my reason for existence, and my purpose
There is great power in intergenerational mentorship.
Self-discovery is never an easy task; it requires effort and a lot of personal will.
It is indeed a great strength when you know that you don’t know it all and that you are humble enough to reach out and learn.
Develop skill gaps to prepare for the woman you envisioned yourself to become.
The biggest mistakes I have made in life were during the seasons I thought “I was good enough†and didn’t appreciate the need for support.
Mentorship and coaching are game-changers.
You become the person you design yourself to be!
Align yourself with God’s will, purpose, and passion and you will achieve God’s desired results.
Never start anything with money as the main goal.
Never allow anyone to define you. Define yourself.
There isn’t anything worse than living under anyone’s shadow and definition.
Live life on your terms.
Run at your own pace. Life is not a competition.
You need to compete with yourself, with the person you were yesterday.
Speed doesn’t always mean you are doing well.
You can’t be in between the spectrum. It’s either hot or cold, nothing in between
Explore all your options and decide. Decision-making is an asset
Even not making a decision is a decision in itself so make it anyway.
You can never be in limbo and expect to move forward.
If you don’t believe in yourself no one else will.
Have a growth-oriented mindset as opposed to a fixed mindset.
A fixed mindset lets you believe that intelligence, talent, and other qualities are innate and not changeable.
A growth mindset is open and believes that intelligence and talents can be developed with practice and effort.
Understand that change is inevitable and transformation is real.
You can achieve anything you set your mind to. I did and so you can!
Be receptive to feedback, seek feedback and when you receive it, act on it.
Until you become receptive to new information then will you ever know the possibility of success
Hold on to your dreams at whatever cost.
Leap, afraid if you have to, but leap forward.
Keep going because you’ll always have lots of potentials to be tapped.
Am a strong believer that life is not designed to hand us success or satisfaction but rather to present us with challenges that make us grow.
Keep your family closer, they are all you got.
Identify your kind and stick with them.
A Woman in a leadership capacity has the potential to create powerful change.
It takes unwavering dedication, hard work, and determination, for a leader to conquer any obstacle that stands in her way
A woman leader must invest not only in enhancing her professional skills but also in nurturing the emotional intelligence needed for empowering herself from within.
A woman in leadership must invest time and money in analyzing her emotional self.
Women must nourish both their minds and emotions.
As a woman in a leadership role interacting healthily within the workplace never let unhealed hurt get in your way.
You can only identify, manage and assess another’s emotional intelligence as far as you have done for yourself.
There are some women in leadership roles, who have learned to deny, dismiss, or cover up how they feel so that they are not perceived to be weak among their peers or male counterparts.
Who and how you are internally as a person, shows up externally as a leader.
Wounded people wound people. Healed people heal people.
Physical health impacts one’s emotions. And emotions impact one’s physical health.
You can only benefit by taking seriously the need to be aware of where you excel in emotional intelligence and where you need to heal.
The truth is, we learn as little girls how to dress up the pain, looking great on the outside, but falling apart on the inside.
What I have learned is that what is spoken into your spirit takes residence within your spirit, without your self-awareness.
When we heal from childhood trauma, it helps us create more space for our soul’s growth and development, which is the spiritual aspect of emotional intelligence.
Deep pain buried unhealed, dictates how we choose to experience life.
Emotions house strong feelings stemming from one’s circumstances, moods, or relationships with others; they are intuitive feelings as distinguished from knowledge or reason.
Through prayer, forgiveness, and guidance from the Holy Spirit, we can experience true inner healing and freedom.
When we heal from trauma, it helps to create more space for our soul’s growth and development.
Critical it is to heal from the inside out and lead the same way.
An effective leader realizes that she is continually in-learning and modeling role and does not feel compelled to learn these skills overnight.
Success is heavily determined by the running self-talk women hear about
themselves.
Success is a marathon if it is to be holistic, sustainable, and healthy.
To succeed, every woman as a girl must be raised to believe the reality that she is enough, her voice has a place, and that that is what is normal
Success is heavily determined by the running self-talk women hear about themselves.
To succeed, every woman as a girl must be raised to believe the reality that she is enough, her voice has a place, and that that is what is normal.
Success is heavily determined by the running self-talk women hear about themselves.
A girl that stands up to her father can stand up for herself in the world.
How much time are you willing to take out of your life to reset, redefine, and recognize what family, life, resources, work, and safety mean to you?
Women readiness to nurture at the expense of their wellness is the deviation.
When you are in a position of
leadership people notice a lot of things about you
You cannot succeed at anything if
you go about being something or someone that you are not
We are all gifted in different ways,
and it is in using those gifts that we bring our best to the table
Leadership practices are greatly
shaped by how one was raised.
Empowerment is not just about training your employee; it’s also about creating an environment where they can flourish
It is important to be cautious about being a role model that can be emulated and be intentional about it.
You must decide what you get out of encounters; will they turn you bitter or better?
A discerning leader possesses wisdom and the ability to differentiate between right and wrong while anticipating impactful results.
Leaders of integrity own their decisions without shifting the blame to others. They do not belittle anyone but extend courtesy, homage, and trust.
Leaders ought to be naturally curious with an unquenchable desire to learn and explore new ideas and to artistically master new skills and talents in the absolute pursuit of their goals.
Leaders must dare high and lonely altitudes ensuring they remain distanced from narrow-minded people who are comfortable with small or minute achievements.
If you are not touching lives, challenging the status quo, or leading people forward into the future, then you can take up numerous leadership positions, acquire several titles and amass the benefits that come with your positions but have no impact on the people, companies, or communities you lead.
Look out for environments that allow you to begin new ideas, solve problems, and influence outcomes.
Deal with whatever comes from any opportunity – the good and the bad – when deep inside of it.
Play from the centre stage and not from the sidelines.
It’s not what you do once in a while that shapes your life; it’s what you do consistently.
Being vulnerable is not a weakness, it is indeed a great strength when you know that you don’t know it all and that you are humble enough to reach out and learn from someone whom you trust.
Leap afraid if you have to, but leap forward.
If you find yourself in an environment that allows you to be yourself, allows you to think, and even do something, please grab that opportunity.
Don’t make it easy for people to decide to eliminate you.
Give your 100% while at it and the world has a way of conspiring and bringing more your way.
The goal of raising your children is to equip them to live in the world independently of you.
As a mother leader, there will come a day when you will be rewarded with an adult who is capable of living independent of you.
Being a mother as a teacher to your child, your goal is to teach them to the point where they no longer need you.
Tune into yourself and define who you’re by being your authentic self in every given moment. Find out what feels good for your soul and do that. That is your freedom.
Define if success for you means better pay, higher rank, more impact, or a combination of these, more life balance or more visibility, and do what it take to prepare yourself for the dream job.
Conduct your affairs in a way that builds trust in all your interactions. That way, you create a network of people who believe in you and can vouch for you as you grow.
Help those in need without sacrificing your well-being, and be patient and flexible even when things do not work out as expected.
4. To get ahead, you need to get the support of people who are not afraid to tell you when you make a mistake.
To get ahead, you need to get the support of people who are not afraid to tell you when you make a mistake.
Accept your achievements gracefully, without pride, and positively acknowledge compliments as this will boost your confidence.
You are prepared and able to green-light yourself into choosing the best route for the circumstance you are in.
Never count yourself out even when those you value most do so.
Who am I if I am not being of service to my exhaustion?
Family is one of those balls in life that you don’t drop because it doesn’t bounce back. Once it gets a slow puncture, it takes a lot of work to get it bouncing again.
Authentic leaders use all their energy being good leaders.
Things that many consider mundane still play a critical role in the rise. These should never be reasons enough to miss out on work and make it a perennial challenge as it can easily cause one to miss out on opportunities to rise.
What is spoken into your spirit tends to take residence within your spirit, without your self-awareness.
As a leader, seek to finish what you start, pay attention to detail, do your absolute best, build one-on-one relationships, and encourage people to be the best of themselves.
People often wish that you are something that you are not, especially when you do not pander to their whims.
We all need to boost certain characters or qualities when we lead, because no-one has every quality that is required for leadership.
Leadership practices are greatly shaped by how one was raised.
Never get into a boxing match unless you are one yourself.
Do not play to the gallery and do not pretend to be someone you are not. Instead, focus on what you believe you are meant to do in a value congruent way.
Three lessons; timeliness, intentionality, and openness to adapt to change
Discipline is the single most crucial aspect of achieving success in any field.
Discipline is the single most crucial aspect of achieving success in any field
Self-awareness is a silent art.
Be compassionate with you.
I am the only me, the original.
I have no shame but I owe myself to be the best me that I can become.
That which is not improving is doomed to fail.
Celebrate the lessons and the successes but get excited about the greater things to come.
We question our abilities when faced with hiccups and failures.
Self-belief is very crucial because if you don’t believe in yourself, no one will.
Sometimes belief in yourself is the only thing that will fuel you through the storms you face.
My take; Be Bold. Be Your Own Mother.
Self-belief is simply the conviction that you can do it.
We need to accept that leadership starts with us
Leadership is an intentional decision that has been made by those who have emerged to be leaders
Leadership is the leader’s legacy.
Self-evaluation comes with intending to change
Leaders initiate a change from within
The leader has to decide to communicate the change they want to adopt.
The decision a leader makes is what distinguishes his mindset
Every leader is a mirror to the change agent
A flow of communication means there is continuous leadership
leadership should be alive.
Accepting leadership is preparing to create a legacy.
The biggest mistake leaders make is failing to understand their environment.
There is no legacy without an impact.
We start different journeys hoping for the best along the way.
God was and still is in full control and He orders our steps
Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your heart.
Start somewhere; Start small if you have to; Start wherever you can.
Don’t waste time waiting for the ‘perfect’ opportunity.
Share information and knowledge; Do it freely; Do it generously
Free yourself by sharing knowledge.
One of the best ways to learn more about an area is to teach others.
Everyone can be better today than they were yesterday; we are not in the same race.
No experience is wasted.
A lateral move could turn out to be a blessing.
Take a detour sometimes and step completely out of your comfort zone.
Challenge yourself to learn what you think is impossible for you.
Dare to do something new.
Be prepared for the unexpected.
Fear of the unknown cripples us.
Think beyond your current sphere to what else is influencing your area of operation.
