Performance

Introducing Rising Tide Leadership Institute

Risign Tide Leadership website
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Look at what we’ve been working on!

It was a year ago that Courageous Thinking created a blog to Spotlight Katie Pettibone. Katie was in the Middle East coaching young Omani women to sail and then race in the grueling 1200 mile Sailing Arabia the Tour. Young women who had never been in a gym learned to compete against men in offshore sailing.  These young women’s lives were changed, they discovered greater potential for who they could be and they became leaders and role models for thousands of other young women. Katie and I knew we had to do something more to create opportunities through sports for women to develop into their full potential. We know that when women are elevated, the whole world wins.

So, we’ve spent the last year creating Rising Tide Leadership Institute.

RTLI website

At RTLI we believe that there is a direct correlation between the skill development required to successfully compete in high-technology sports and the skill development needed to lead and succeed in the global economy. We have built a unique global model for inspiring and equipping women leaders to compete in the global economy. Katie just landed in Kuwait to rejoin Dee Caffari and the young Omani women to continue their journey.  The Oman Sail women’s team will be competing in the Sailing Arabia the Tour 2013 starting February 12- 26th.

Come learn about the Rising Tide Leadership Institute and follow Katie, Dee and the Omani women’s adventure along the Arabian Coast.

This is going to be a blast!

Linda

One Woman’s Legacy

Amantle Montsho
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We often ask ourselves, “What one person can do to make a difference?”  Too often, the barriers seem too high and the problems seem too big, but extraordinary change occurs when we have the courage to follow our passion.   The New York Times is following the story of Amantle Montsho, a female runner from Africa, who may become the first athlete from Botswana to win an Olympic gold medal in London.

Amantle Montsho’s Legacy

Montsho now has a sponsorship with Nike and earns prize money through races worldwide, including $60,000 for winning the world championships last summer — nearly four times the annual per capita income in Botswana. She finished eighth in the 400 at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.

A relative unknown outside Africa, Montsho has become an icon in her home country. A billboard showing her wielding the powder blue, black and white of her nation’s flag stands above an industrial area of steam-pipe fitters and woodworkers. Editors at Mmegi, a newspaper based in Gaborone, said they had lost count of the number of times she had appeared on their front page.

Gaborone’s track at University of Botswana Stadium now attracts young athletes from villages afar. Practices are held in the late afternoon so runners can attend after class or work. Such programs were in their infancy and conducted on a volunteer basis when Montsho was a teenager. Now, several are held throughout the country, cultivating a new generation of female runners.

When Montsho, often wearing brightly colored headbands and matching nail polish, passes through Gaborone, she occasionally takes a lap on the track. Known for her shyness and modesty, she continues to make her way through the country as if she is not famous, locals say.

“Amantle! She’s our girl,” Tshepang Olerato Tlhako, a 19-year-old in Gaborone, said. “She puts Botswana on the map and motivates us. Most of the girls think that sports are a man thing. I don’t know why. Amantle has helped.”

Sethunya Sejoe, a 20-year-old runner, was stretching under an unforgiving sun at the university track. “Amantle showed that if you have the passion, you can do it,” she said.

“I want to be like her.”