What is Leadership?

The efforts of Moose, Sheep, Kitty and Bunny made me think about leadership and reminded me of something I shared with the women who graduated from the St. T's Leadership and Service Institute last April:

Leadership is Courage

It is understanding when to question; when to ask for help.

It is listening, even when called to do something that we believe may be beyond us.

It is working in partnership with others...people like us...people who are different.

It is being in partnership with others even when they think differently...when they behave differently....When their ideas, their beliefs, their values are different than ours.

Above all...it is

Courage. Above all, leadership is the courage to listen, the courage to speak the truth, the courage to know when to lead and when to follow.

Mary is my leadership model. Her courage is my challenge to always serve others with love, to lead with Faith and to become a strong woman of courage.