Spotting strengths in people is the ultimate measure of leadership

The fuller than full house made the whole thing worse. More than three hundred guests were gathered in a massive dining room in the Shelbourne Hotel in Dublin, at lunchtime last Friday, for the inaugural Women of Concern awards.

Given the title and purpose of the event on Friday, the majority of those present, not surprisingly, were women. The last day of the week is spot on for a gig like this.

Everybody gets to glam up, have a lovely meal, applaud a bit, and then not go back to work for the completely legit reason that the necessary networking took so long, you know.