A leader keeps on improving in terms of her or his
action; nothing is wasted and even the smallest step turns into something
useful. However, contrary to general
belief, it is not usual that a leader tries to break walls and to smash
obstacles into pieces. Most of the times,
leaders just provide an extra brick to that wall…
Let’s take the example of Maricela Gallegos[1],
an idealist woman who became a Human Resources manager of an important
company. Her ideals inspired her to work
on diversity and she came up against opposition...
While a normal person would try for a limited time and
then give up or move on, the same did not apply to Maricela. She created a very interesting tactic by
educating the staff about physical disabilities, which showed them through
their own experience that a disabled person can be as productive as anyone
else.
Maricela created a new world step by step, brick by
brick, that is what a leader often does.
[1] Maricela Gallegos, originally from Mexico City, Mexico, worked for
30 years with Hewlett-Packard as their Human Resources Manager. Her example was taken in a book called Tempered Radicals: How people use difference
to inspire change at work, by Debra Meyerson published by Harvard Business
School Press. An article was published
about it at Fast Company - https://www.fastcompany.com/40529/practical-radicals
(Excerpt from the book 82
Reasons to be a Leader)
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