Dec 6, 2019 | All, HB Participants, HB Team, Homepage
I find myself on a ship, anchored on a harbour in Antarctica. Outside the window, the silken water is broken by clumps of ice and framed by soaring, snow-covered mountains. On the ship with me are 100 extraordinary women from 33 countries, all driven by the same...
Dec 5, 2019 | All, HB Participants, HB Team, Homepage
What is trust? Trust is a key pillar of all good relationships; it is the foundation that supports strong and long-lasting collaborations. It is the base of effective team work. Trust can be thought of as an invitation: an invitation to openness, to communication, to...
Dec 5, 2019 | All, HB Participants, HB Team, Homepage
As a marine ecologist, I applied for Homeward Bound without having any idea of what leadership could mean for a scientist like me. For a long time, the word leadership was beyond my grasp, for the simple reason that the word has no translation in French. However, I...
Dec 5, 2019 | All, HB Participants, HB Team, Homepage
We are sailing across the Antarctic Peninsula with Homeward Bound, a global leadership initiative aiming to connect and train women scientists from around the world to influence the policies and decisions that will shape the future of our planet. This is the largest...
Dec 4, 2019 | All, HB Participants, HB Team, Homepage
As a young woman, I was involved in a dance community. Before dancing, we held each other’s arms in pairs and stared into each other’s eyes while taking deep breaths. We then touched each other’s foreheads with our fingers and together said “I trust you because I...
Nov 29, 2019 | All, HB Participants, HB Team
When I was offered the role of Lead Facilitator for Homeward Bound 4, I was extremely excited but also a little bit daunted. Part of my job as lead facilitator is to enable a faculty of twelve exceptional women leaders from all around the world to deliver a leadership...
