The Power of Presence: How Leaders Can Transform Cultures, Break Barriers and Build Legacies

Abstract

Sometimes it begins in a quiet moment—the one when you decide you will no longer sit silently when change is needed. I learned this early in my nursing career, long before “Director” was attached to my name. It happened the day I watched a brilliant nurse’s voice be dismissed in a meeting because she was “too passionate.” I spoke up. It wasn’t easy, but it was necessary. And that moment was a turning point, not just for her, but for me