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07/08/2016

“Those who will lead the future, must understand China today.”

__Scholarships for global leaders of the 21st century.

Great news! For the second year now, I’m excited to tell you about a scholarship program for young people to get a Master’s degree in Global Affairs from one of China’s top universities. If you’re selected, this could really be the chance of a lifetime!

Not only will you expand your learning, but you’ll also share the experience of studying for a year in China with other young leaders from around the world.

If you follow world news – as you should – you’ll know how important this opportunity is for you to take part in and shape trends of the 21st century. If you’re looking to be counted as a global leader, this is one excellent opportunity to prepare yourself!

Last year I joined a group of international donors that support the Schwarzman Scholars program, which each year will select up to 200 talented young people to spend one year living, working and studying together at Schwarzman College at Tsinghua University. This $450m scholarship program was started last year by Stephen Schwarzman, the founder of Blackstone, one of the biggest financial organizations in the world.

Courses will be taught in English and students will study under the tutorship of some of China's leading academics, top academics from other parts of the world, along with business and political leaders, all in a Chinese environment.

The Schwarzman Scholars curriculum was developed in collaboration with academic leaders from Tsinghua, Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford, Oxford, Duke – all these are top universities in the world.

Last year, 111 young people from around the world were the very first group to be offered Schwarzman Scholarships. The inaugural class included successful applicants from Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe!

# The submission deadline is coming up soon, on 15 September, but there’s still plenty of time for you to apply if you’re eligible and interested in getting a Master’s degree in Global Affairs.

# This scholarship is fully funded and includes tuition, room and board, international airfare, an in-country study tour, books and supplies, a laptop and smart phone, health insurance and a modest personal stipend.

# To apply, you must have an undergraduate degree (can be in any field) and be between the ages of 18 and not yet reached 29 years of age by August 2017.

If you meet the rigorous requirements and are selected, it could be YOU heading to China to study for a year! It's not enough for you to have excellent grades, though. You need to clearly show your commitment to leading on the global stage. If you don’t have perfect marks, your outstanding contributions in other areas could be the reason you win the scholarship:

# Do you have demonstrated experience in leadership roles on campus, in your communities, your workplace or in other organizations?

# Do you have a demonstrated interest in expanding your educational horizons?

# Can you articulate a clear vision of how and why a year as a Schwarzman Scholar in China will help advance your personal goals (and beyond)?

If this is not for you, perhaps you know of other brilliant young people with leadership experience and potential who you think should apply? Please share this information with them as soon as possible, as the application deadline is 15 September.

I really hope the African continent will be well represented in the next class of Schwarzman Scholars. If I was the age of many of you reading this post, I would apply for this opportunity right away!

For more details, go to http://schwarzmanscholars.org/news-article/schwarzman-scholars-accepting-applications-for-second-class-of-scholars/

The end.

Image: Beijing city scene

03/08/2016

Reflection:
Personal branding – You and your words.


Just by chance a few days ago I found a YouTube video of the Academy Award-winning American actor Denzel Washington speaking to a graduating class at an American university. The power of his words reminded me of my New Year’s message several months ago when I talked about the importance of your words. I'll share the link with you, as I think those of you who know of this great star may really be surprised.


In the course of the current series on the importance of sales and marketing, some of you have asked about personal branding. I won’t go into great detail on this today, but I want to say that your words are not just your “bond” as the saying goes, but your words are your brand… not just your business brand but what announces to the world, each and every day, your character and integrity. Every time you open your mouth, or put something in writing, keep this in mind.


I’ve shared this story with some of you before: Several years ago, long before Internet and Amazon, I was in London going from shop to shop looking for a bible translation called The Living Bible. I’d just heard a sermon about the meaning of Matthew 12:35: “A good man’s speech reveals the rich treasures within him. An evil-hearted man is filled with venom, and his speech reveals it.”


The main message of that sermon (which I wrote down in my notes) offers an important lesson in personal branding, although of course that wasn’t the pastor’s intent:


“…The most important part of your life is actually the ability to use words. Words define your life; words define your values. Words define your personality. You are no better than your words; you are no greater than your words,” the pastor said.


“The character of your words is the character of your personality: Watch your words. No man ever got better than his or her words. Your life is the expression, the manifestation, the reflection, of your words. It does not take long to know who you are. All you have to do is talk for a few minutes; this is because your words locate you, they tell you where you are at…”


Since I posted my reflection on words last December, I’ve written about many subjects and shared three series with you – The Eagle in the Storm; Turning Your Business into a Technology Company; and now The Importance of Being Able to Sell to a Customer…


None of this teaching though will be sown in fertile soil if you do not guard your words, which as the Apostle Matthew said, “reveal the rich treasures within you.” The words you speak and the ones you don’t speak... Your silence can also speak volumes.


Be a person of your word and know its power. There’s a saying about a tongue which I read somewhere: “The tongue has no bones, but is strong enough to break a heart. So be careful with your words.”


Your words are your brand. How you express yourself matters greatly. We’ll discuss more about personal branding and related matters later on, but nothing is more important than the integrity of your words, and the way you express them.


To be continued. . .

Image credit: Andrew McConnell.

24/07/2016

Pause:
__“Hard things are hard.”

Yesterday was a very special day for me and I’ve been looking forward to sharing it with all of you. I was given the honor by the White House to introduce President Barack Obama to a global audience, and to talk about the efforts during his Presidency, to help the poor throughout the world.

There are certain moment in life when you just say Wow! and this was one of those moments.

The event was the White House Summit on Global Development which brought together top global experts to talk about the progress that President Obama and his Administration have made possible in energy, food security, global health, good governance, development partnerships and youth initiatives around the world.

I first met then Senator Obama 10 years ago over lunch in Johannesburg, on one of his many visits to Africa. He had sought me out because he knew I was part of a small group of African and global leaders who had been assembled by out-going UN Secretary General Kofi Annan. We had to find solutions to address hunger, food security and nutrition in Africa.

During our lunch, I quickly recognized Senator Obama as a man of great vision – a leader with a heart not just for the people in his own country, but for the whole world, and for the African continent in particular.

He did not need me to tell him that women smallholder farmers are the backbone for agriculture in the developing world, or that in parts of Africa and India, close to 40% of children are stunted, or that over one billion people still have no access to electricity. He already knew.

__He also understood it required bold leadership and unprecedented cooperation on the part of governments, donors, philanthropists, civil society and the private sector to address these issues.

President Obama’s presidency has been a testament to this vision. Even as the global financial crisis into which he was elected raged around him, he put global development at the center from the very beginning, and he stayed the course.

# He was truly an eagle in a storm!

As President, he’s championed major initiatives such as:

# Power Africa, to bring electricity and economic growth to sub-Saharan Africa;

# Feed the Future to dramatically improve food security and nutrition;

# The Young African Leadership Initiative to nurture the next generation of leaders;

# The Global Entrepreneurship Summit to pivot our focus to entrepreneurship and job creation… and more, much more.

Even when the Ebola crisis threatened to blow everything away, he was there too, personally and deeply engaged in taking decisive steps to mobilize the world… again, an eagle in a storm!

When I first met him, he was Senator Obama, a promising leader who’d just published his book, “The Audacity of Hope.” Now even as his Presidency of the US draws to a close, I have no doubt he’ll continue his visionary global leadership, transforming that hope into innovative actions to help the poorest of the poor uplift themselves to prosperity.

As the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer, James MacGregor Burns, wrote: “The most lasting tangible act of leadership is the creation of an institution – a nation, a social movement, a political party, a bureaucracy – that continues to exert moral leadership and foster needed social change long after the creative leaders are gone.”

In this post, I’ve shared with you some of the exact words from my introduction of President Obama. Let me close now by saying again: “Mr President: On behalf of all the hundreds of millions of people whose lives you touched and continue to touch through the initiatives you launched: Asante Sana, Tinotenda, Amhlope. Thank you.”

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