By Selina Tusitala Marsh
You’re a leader-in-the-making, you’re making history
Redefining this nation’s brown legacy
Poly-saturated activity
It’s Nafanua graduating from university
And now
In tautua, lead our community
Lead through uniqueness, your diversity
Lead through leaning, lead through learning
Lead through others, lead by earning
Your own way in the world.
Lead in alofa, lead in compassion
Lead in fun—lead in your own fashion
Lead by falling forward when you make a mistake
Lead by giving more than what you take
Lead when your strategy is a forward-looking story
Lead when the task in front of you holds no glory
Let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes’, let your ‘No’ be ‘No’
Lead and follow in the footsteps of your heroes
Lead by creating out of happy accidents
Lead by taking risks when there’s no precedent
Lead by following the cup-o’-tea trail
Sit, listen, eat and they’ll follow without fail
Lead by digging up diamonds in those around you
Lead when you scale the heights, then plummet to ground zero
Lead with transparency, lead with laughter
Lead in celebration, lead in disaster
Lead with your strengths, lead in honesty
Lead when you see between the lines of policy
And into people’s eyes.
Lead, even in the times you just want to follow
Lead for today, lead for tomorrow
Lead when you want to end all injustice
Lead in the crowd, lead when it’s just us
Lead when you want to revolutionise
When you no longer want to be hypnotised
By what everybody else says is right
Lead when you have your vision in sight
Lead from the front, lead from behind
Lead from the middle, wherever you find
Your standing place.
In the workplace, in the home
Lead when everyone’s watching, and when you’re alone
Lead with an eye on your dream, an eye on the rest
Lead when you can look at yourself and assess
Your weaknesses and strengths with clarity
Remembering humility and charity
Lead when you’re brave enough to ask different questions
And when the answers aren’t good enough, to raise objections
Lead and give yourself permission to fail
Lead and take the less-often-walked trail
Lead and never forget to be kind
Lead with the heart bound up with the mind
Lead with a child’s curiosity
Lead with the end goal of unity
Lead with national excellence and innovation
Lead through intimate conversation
Lead with courage and determination
Even in the face of discrimination—Lead.
Lead with balance, a sense of fair play
Lead to help others lead in this way
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