Majora Carter on Leadership

Description: Majora Carter leads by happy example.

Transcript:  I try to lead happily by example.  I mean, really, I do think that what we’ve got to offer is just such a beautiful message of hope and opportunity.  That, you know, when we don’t wag the finger, you know, of, like, “You better do this, you know, in order to be an environmentalist.” It’s more, like, we’re saying, like, “Look.  There’s hope and possibility out there if we, you know, use this green economy to help move people out of poverty.  That this transitional moment that we’re in right now is, actually, something that’s going to lift all boats.  And if we can think about it that way, then, this is something that, you know, is going to meet the-- or raise the bar for lots of different people and make a lot of people really happy and healthy, from business to government to community groups.  And that’s, I think, the message that we’re trying to put out there.

Recorded on: 4/28/08