Next week we will come together among family and friends to reflect on what we are grateful for in our lives. I continue to be grateful that I get to see potential unlocked among the leaders I meet with every week.
Recently, I was speaking at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Corporate Citizenship Conference on why it is so critical that we support the philanthropic community. The people in the non-profit world are doing good and important work. That's why, on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving I'll be joining GivingTuesday, a growing movement of doing good, by donating to Unlocking Potential. Will you do some good with me?
GivingTuesday is about leveraging the power of empathy and collaboration to unlock potential and create opportunity for others." From now until December 3 I'll be matching all donations 10 to 1. If you donate even $1 to the efforts to build up our non-profit leaders, I'll also invest $10 of my own.
Everyone, regardless of their circumstances, deserves to realize their full potential.
Thank you for sharing some of your capacity so that others can build theirs further.
On By Example, Carly Fiorina explores examples of real leadership and the qualities of all great problem solvers. Each week will feature a new discussion with people you may know, and some you might not. Carly is lifting up the real leaders: people who are focused on changing the order of things for the better and solving real problems that are right in front of them. Leading, by example. Coming Up in Episode 6 A Thanksgiving Special with Carly and Frank Fiorina
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The Tower Carly Fiorina speaks at Catholic University of America Business Class
Fiorina was addressing a room which contained mostly members of a class exclusive to the Catholic University of America (The Busch School of Business), The Vocation of Business. Although it is a management class, The Vocation of Business focuses on establishing a standard of ethics and
values in students’ lives. It is meant to promote honesty, dignity, and guides students to find their callings.
"Professor Fiorina has come to talk with my class for the past three semesters and every time she is one of the most liked guest speakers," says Widmer. "Students tell me that her story of going from not knowing what to do with life at 18, to being a secretary at a real estate office to becoming the CEO of a Fortune 500 company, to running for president of the United States is very inspiring."
U.S. Chamber Corporate Citizen Conference Carly Fiorina talks about Unlocking Potential in the Social Sector "I know that in the non-profit world so many problems fester. And I know people in the non-profit world are doing good and important work. Sometimes the investments in human capital, and capacity building, and problem-solving, that we take for granted in the corporate world, aren’t happening. And it's because donors say to a non-profit, "well I don’t want my money to go to administration and overhead I want it to go to meals, or kids, or books." I understand that sentiment; however, if you’re not investing in the people who are delivering the services, you don’t deliver the services as well.
Unlocking Potential was stood up to help those problem-solvers have a greater impact."
The Heritage Foundation The Courage to Collaborate: Carly Fiorina Interviews Kay Coles James on By Example Podcast
Kay Coles James: Well, thank you and I must admit that in almost every instance in my life, it was not planned, it was not strategic on my part. When I go back to the very, very beginning, I think it happened when I was tasked, along with a few other young African Americans, to integrate the schools in the South. I think about what was required of me in that moment. You had to be courageous. You had to be fearless. You had to be tenacious. I think very early on, those characteristics were sort of ingrained in me and have served me well over all these many years.
Carly Fiorina: It's such a wonderful reflection you just gave us. I mean, imagine for those listening, imagine you're a young person and you're asked, "Okay, let's integrate the schools in the South." It's a pretty tall order. I believe that leaders are made, not born, and that all leaders share certain common characteristics. Courage being the first and most important, because without courage, none of us can tackle the status quo. Unless we tackle the status quo, things don't get better, do they?
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DECEMBER 5, 11:00 AM EST
Network Members only Live coaching call with Carly Fiorina
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