By Amanda Black, Guest Blogger
In my Leadership and Ethics class at Olin College in the spring, a petite woman came up from behind me and introduced herself, “Hi, I’m Frances Hesselbein. I have a favor to ask of you. I need someone to sit in the front row so that I can make a connection with someone in the audience.” At barely five feet tall, Hesselbein is a compelling leader. I followed her to the front of the room.
Hesselbein served as the Chief Executive Officer of the Girl Scouts of the U.S.A. from 1976-1990. In 1998 she was awarded our nation’s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom for “her commitment to inclusiveness and to upholding the Girl Scout mission of empowering each Scout to reach her highest potential.” Under Hesselbein’s leadership minority Girl Scout participation tripled and overall membership ballooned.
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