By Stanley Senya
Accra, March 18, GNA – Global leaders seek to inspire the next generation of changemakers through candid conversations about their lives and careers through the Mastercard Foundation new podcast.
It sought to challenge, motivate, and inspire the next generation to lead with purpose and to act with courage.
A statement issued by Mastercard Foundation said transcending boundaries, conversations with Reeta Roy, the President and CEO of Mastercard Foundation was a compelling new series that shares the lives, leadership journeys, and insights of remarkable international leaders including former heads of state, human rights advocates, and social innovators.
It said the podcast features conversations that illuminated the experiences and influences that shaped some of the world’s most inspiring changemakers.
“In my life as a leader, I have learned it is vital to begin a conversation by listening,” Madam said.
She said through the conversations in transcending boundaries, they offer a rare opportunity to learn from people who have changed the course of their own lives and the world.
She said understanding the formative years that shaped the lives, and the journeys, of these extraordinary leaders is a source of wisdom and encouragement.
“We all have the capacity to be leaders and to make a difference,” she added.
The podcast debuts with a powerful first episode featuring Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Nobel Laureate and a former President of Liberia.
A trailblazer in governance and women’s rights, President Sirleaf discussed the formative experiences that shaped her vision, the mentors who guided her, and the values that sustained her through times of challenge and triumph.
“I did have the experience of being strong in success while maintaining self-confidence in defeat,” Madam Sirleaf said.
“My mother’s strength, in being able to provide that care, and at the same time being able to coach her children that they stayed focused on getting an education, staying in school, preparing themselves, I think therein lies my own strength of character,” she added.
She said her own ability to forge ahead if there was something that would improve not only her but the society in which she lived.
Transcending Boundaries is an eight-episode weekly series that invites listeners to be part of a vital conversation on leadership, values, and transformation that is highly relevant in today’s world.
It will be available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and the Mastercard Foundation’s website.
The episodes feature a distinguished lineup of guests who have made a profound impact in their fields including a Former Liberian President Ellen Sirleaf, Former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda Louise Arbour, and Former Irish President Mary Robinson.
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