10_________________A dialogue with Sewit Haileselassie TadesseDeveloping leadership

Sewit Haileselassie Tadesse, with the editors

DOI: 10.4324/9781003092230-12

EC: Could you tell us about your experience and how that has shaped your understanding and practice of leadership?

I’m a 32-year-old Ethiopian woman. I have been volunteering since I was 16 years old and ever since, I’ve been thrust into leadership positions. So, I’ve practiced leadership, but I’ve also had a chance to study leadership as I engaged professionally. It has been interesting to compare working with young people and women, specifically in leadership development. I’ve also been president of boards and have experience of working in what I sometimes reflect to be a very postcolonial ...

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