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Four incredible women from different continents... "ordinary women making extraordinary things" (Joyce)

DREAMING WITH NUMBERS!!!

Our smart Farah... dreaming with numbers...

KENIAN SLEEPY BEAUTY

So beauty and sexy... even when she sleeps...

FROM DARIA!!!

Hi Everybody,

I would love to hear your story what happened during the first month after you returned home. You know that I like keeping "au courrant" and I like keeping notes :-)

Here are three things which I find most crucial to me:

- I approached the Central European University Business School in Budapest, funded by George Soros. Starting from October 2006 I will teach a course on "Critical Thinking and Leadership". Teaching at CEU Business School will give me a strategic exposure to regional issues, an access to an outstanding network and unique research opportunities ( > www.ceubusiness.com ).

- I went sailing with my family to Croatia. However, there was no wind at all so we ended up having motor boat holidays, which was a great fun for the kids and for us as well.

- I went with my Warsaw MBA students to Paris in order to play a strategic game "Glob'Strat" with the HEC students . This is a computer  simulation of the global market place and the point is to compete and grow the company's value over 5 years. First, I am proud that I accepted to be a general manager of one of the international teams. Believe it - have I not gone to the US, I would never dare to even compete for this position with Polish and French managers :-). And I am proud that our team gained the second place of out 9 team! We achieved a 46% company value growth over 5 years, heavily investing into technology and global expansion and positioning our company for the leadership position if there were to be a second round. 

My lesson learnt after the first month is: I do have a capability to be a global leader. Gosh, they were right -:)!

Hugs to you all,
Daria

FROM XOLISWA!!!

Dear colleagues,
I do hope that you have been watching our male global citizen chasing the
ball into a net, and the whole world has been watching and applauding. I
will be applauding from Berlin itself as I watch twelve men chasing this
ball.

South Africa is launching a women's movement, which is non-political, where
women work together to make a difference in civil society, business,
government etc. This happens on August first week. Our Minister of Foreign
Affairs wishes to invite the Fortune 500 and Women in Government, and has
asked me to give her names. I am at a loss where to start. Can anyone help
with at least Patti's contact details so I can give them to the Minister. I
am busy developing a website for them. It will be sawomensmovement.org, I'll
tell you when it is complete.
Regards,
Xoliswa.