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Changing Perspectives
Rutendo Gwatidzo
IT is amazing how time flies. It feels like yesterday, when the month began, yet today we are already in the last week of March.
It feels good to be celebrated, and sad that the Women’s Month is now coming to an end.
It is my hope that we all managed to celebrate as many women as possible in different ways.
It is also my hope that we managed to empower many women and tell their stories to others.
Obviously, women empowerment and celebrating females are not supposed to be an event but a lifestyle, where we continuously do this.
Together, let us make the world a better place, as we raise women who will not depend on men for survival but who will make significant contributions.
Today, I would like to end my appreciation of the month by pointing out some women who have stuck with me in everything I do.
Most of these are family and close friends.
By default, they find themselves involved in one way or the other in the things I do.
I understand it is not every time that we all get supportive family members and friends.
However, in most cases, many of us do have the support of our family members and close associates but we tend not to realise, recognise or acknowledge it.
Today, I would like to appreciate some of the ladies who are always there for me, for better or for worse.
They include my daughter, Takudzwa Gwatidzo; and my aunt, Priscilla Chapata. I would also like to appreciate Rumbidzai Masvingise, Mercy, Dorcas, Memory and Constance Mugwara.
The list is long. However, I cannot end without pointing out friends like Tsitsi Musabayana and Norleen Kagande.
Contributions go unacknowledged
I strongly believe that we all have people in our lives who contribute daily for us to be where we are.
Often, some of these people go unnoticed and their contributions go unacknowledged because we have become so used to having them that we tend to think we are entitled to receive their support.
For many, it is only after losing these people that they get to realise how important they were.
Today and every other day, I would like to encourage every reader of this article to point out these people, especially women, in order to appreciate them.
Many families find themselves in situations where, if one member gets prominent, he/she is most likely to go about telling the world about the one connection or few connections that brought him/her up, forgetting the family members and friends who offered support through thick and thin.
Many of us need to realise that the support that matters is not in the form of business and money only; it also comes in the form of moral, spiritual, physical and even emotional help.
And those people who are constantly there to give such support are equally the heroes of our lives.
Organisational status
It takes plans, strategies, structure, systems, commitment, sacrifice, consistency and a whole lot more for organisations to stand and function properly.
One of the definitions of an organisation is that it is a combination of people, structure, systems and goals.
This is why modern human resources management does not focus on human capital only but also at a combination of everything that puts up an organisation.
In as much as human capital is the most valuable asset of an organisation, it is important to invest in other aspects that contribute towards the successful running of an entity, so that the end result are happy teams.
One author once said: “Success is making a positive difference to other people, especially seeing others grow, succeed and thrive as a result of your own small contribution.”
I would like to encourage everyone who has contributed or contributes silently to the success of another to never give up because in due season, you shall reap something.
I would like to urge everyone to take time to recognise those people who contributed significantly to who you are.
The world might not know it but you do.
Take time to single out those people and appreciate them.
You are what you are because of the part they played and you cannot continue to act like it never existed.
Interestingly, many times, what people regard as small or insignificant contributions are actually what makes the major difference.
Rutendo Gwatidzo is the managing consultant at The HUB HR Consultancy — a culture and change management organisation. She is a multi-award-winning leader as a consultant, speaker and mentor. She is also an author of the books “Born to Fight” and “Breaking the Silence”. Contact detail — 0714575805/ [email protected] / Rutendo Gwatidzo official FB public page.
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