{"id":47566,"date":"2015-04-24T15:33:20","date_gmt":"2015-04-24T07:33:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=47566"},"modified":"2025-03-08T17:01:06","modified_gmt":"2025-03-08T22:01:06","slug":"former-pm-tells-business-leaders-forget-biases-against-women-people-of-colour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/04\/24\/former-pm-tells-business-leaders-forget-biases-against-women-people-of-colour\/","title":{"rendered":"Former PM tells business leaders: Forget biases against women, people of colour"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Former Canadian Prime Minister Kim Campbell (Wikipedia)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

VANCOUVER\u00a0— Former prime minister Kim Campbell says that despite the fact that a colleague once called her a “boring leader,” she always felt compelled to get involved and engage people.<\/p>\n

Campbell, who led the Progressive Conservatives for five months in 1993, gave the keynote speech on leadership at the annual luncheon of the Canadian Club of Vancouver.<\/p>\n

She told the crowd of business people and politicians that great leaders are not only born but can be made when they’re put in a particular situation.<\/p>\n

“I think the world is full of examples of people who found themselves in the circumstance that forced them to discover resources within themselves they never knew were there.”<\/p>\n

The B.C.-born former lawyer called on business leaders to overcome biases against women and people of colour.<\/p>\n

“When I was young, women asked to be included on the basis of justice and fairness.<\/p>\n

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But women were often excluded in order not to compromise standards or the bottom line,” she said.<\/p>\n

“Now we know that diversity actually improves performance and that women in leadership positions actually improve the bottom line.<\/p>\n

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”<\/p>\n

Campbell now serves as the founding principal of the Peter Lougheed Leadership College at the University of Alberta.<\/p>\n

She joked that she’s had an interesting life through her travels and academic work since political retirement was thrust upon her by the Canadian electorate.<\/p>\n

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The event was held in honour of recent winners of the Order of Canada and the Order of B.C.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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