Wonderful Women

Had a fantastic lunch today with some of my friends, colleagues and women who attended Igniting the Self (WEL-Systems certification program) at the same time I did in June of this year.

I have been asked to Chair our departments Women's Leadership Series Learning Event, which I accepted. I am enjoying the prospect of having yet another forum for me to speak of my views on Women's Leadership and perhaps help to invite others to waken to the power of their own personal potential. The theme for this event is "Developing our Leadership - Exploring our Potential", I feel this captures my vision for this event. Developing the way we are already engaging in leadership and exploring the possibilities of our potential, just how big can we go?

At lunch with these 4 phenomenal women we discussed the Women's Leadership Event and had some really great conversations abut where we are at in each of our journeys. Always good to reconnect like that. As I was sitting there listening to the conversation going on at our table, I could feel the energy... it was tangible. There is definitely something about leadership that gets our fire moving. I loved sitting back and seeing how we were ignited & engaged just at our table. As we discussed the topic at hand, what did we feel, would best serve our co-workers at the leadership learning event, each of us keep wanting to create more space. Who else can we invite? How can we bring it to our colleagues in the regions? Can we do something like this for the young men in our organization who are wanting more, needing to engage? The possibilities are endless... and there is always more.

Things I noticed today:

• Women's Leadership is taking up more and more space in my life
• Living Authentically is effortless
• The only person who limits us are ourselves
• People come onto your radar for a reason... connections are made

As I was speaking with Cathy Carmody (good friend and facilitator for the Women's Leadership event), she asked if though more about being the keynote speaker at our event. I will. I don't know exactly what I will speak about yet and as Cathy wisely mentioned to me, I will be fresh out of Resourcefulness in Action, my next certification level through the WEL-Systems so I will be all fired up.

How exciting. Until next time.
Lori