I am busy working on the work coming in, working on moving and working on the future and I find myself buzzing about electrified with the thought that maybe questions like "what do future leaders in social care need to look like", "how do we develop them" and "how do we make the conversation global" are going to get an airing?
I was lost in thought about who we might invite to contribute, what modules there might be and had only half an eye to packing up the house (as we are moving).
In a bedside table I found a card. Tucked under the wing of the envelope was a bit of paper. It's been lost to me for months. I wrote about it weeks ago in the blog about the women in Bangladesh. As the paper fluttered to the floor if felt like they were calling to me. A sharp reminder to exit my reverie and remember that this stuff is real, not organisational, and it holds people's lives, livelihood and well-being in it.
The 30 or maybe 50 women we met somewhere way up in the North of Bangladesh called across time to me today. They form groups to generate work to generate income to feed their families. They say the "top qualities" of "great leaders are":
Accountability
Feelings
Honesty
Transparency
Patience
Positive attitude
Good humour
Patience
Skills
Time management
Motivation
Power
Education
Love
Love
They should know. Their lives depend on it. Maybe we should just build the modules around that?
