Cavan woman recognised at leadership awards
Áine Clarke, HR Operations Manager at hospitality services provider PREM Group has been shortlisted in the ‘Positive Attitude’ category.
Cavan woman Áine Clarke from Bailieborough has been shortlisted for a prestigious new leadership awards initiative, LIFT Ireland.
LIFT Ireland is a not-for-profit organisation that works to build positive leadership skills in communities in Cavan and across Ireland. It created the awards initiative to recognise strong leadership at all levels of Irish society from grassroots organisations to corporate boardrooms.
Across the country, those shortlisted for awards have participated in LIFT Ireland’s programme over the past 12 months. They range from banking and insurance executives to Transition Year students and community volunteers, and include employees from the likes of AIB, Bank of Ireland, RSA, PREM Group and the charity GOAL.
Áine Clarke, HR Operations Manager at hospitality services provider PREM Group has been shortlisted in the ‘Positive Attitude’ category.
Commenting, Joanne Hession, Founder of LIFT Ireland, said: “In the face of the global pandemic we are now living through, leadership and resilience skills are more important than ever before.
“The behaviour of leaders impacts on those around them. We tend to think of leaders as being people in positions of power. But we are all leaders – in our own families; in our workplaces; in our communities. At LIFT, we consider leadership a trait that can be developed, lived and emulated – from the kitchen table to the boardroom.
“It is also a trait to be recognised and celebrated, and these awards are about acknowledging the skills and values of those who display positive leadership every day in Cavan and across the country. We are all individual parts of a jigsaw of thousands of pieces that makes up Ireland. We form the culture, character and values of our country. It is important to celebrate good leadership and we want to celebrate those leading in a positive and powerful way.”