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Rose Marie Harris
Monday, May 26, 2003 -The island’s Governor General Her Excellency Dame
Pearlette Louisy has called credible and sustained leadership. Speaking during
the graduation ceremony of St. George’s University in Grenada earlier this
month. Dame Pearlette reiterated the need for leaders who can lead beyond
boundaries, keeping sight of the vision ahead with their feet firmly on the
ground. “We need leaders who are able to address complex issues, build bridges
and heal divisions. We need corporate sector leaders who understand that they
need to pay greater attention to integrity, to ethical issues, to compliance, to
transparency and accountability. We need government leaders who can manage
policy instruments and processes such that the efforts if development are
expedited and the negative impacts of globalisation are neutralised.”
According to the Governor General St. George’s University’s concern for
educating professionals who will contribute to the deepening of human
understanding and to the welfare of their societies and their world community
suggests that the institution has embraced its responsibility of turning out an
enlightened, committed, responsible, citizenry; that it nurtures and fosters the
emerging link between social consciousness and career awareness, and that it is
well on its way to giving leadership development the priority it deserves.
In wishing the grandaunts a fulfilling life, Dame Pearlette explained that there
was one thing she was certain about that “we are living in an age of
uncertainty.” “I have no illusions about the enormity of the task and onerous
nature of the responsibility. But it is to you we must look for leadership to
chart our course. I hope a morning never comes when we have any occasion to
wonder what became of our world and our people,” the Governor General ended.
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