An exhilarating week for me, with plenty of networking during and on the margins of the Leadership Conference and opportunities to interact with other colleagues, locally-employed by the Foreign Office, from all around the world. I was impressed with the support that the Foreign Office received from the Prime Minister who gave recognition to the value that the diplomatic service brings in terms of political insight into and economic knowledge … Read more »The vision for excellence in the Foreign Office
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People don’t care how much you know, until they know how much you care
A powerful statement from one of my role models, leadership educator John Maxwell. I was one of the approximately 1,000 people who attended his leadership seminar in Bucharest last Wednesday, 23 March. A rare opportunity to see (and shake hands with!) the author of many of my favourite books on personal development. I hear often in my conversations that “we (Romanians) have the leaders we deserve”. A depressing statement as … Read more »People don’t care how much you know, until they know how much you care
