About
Mause.

I am Mause-Darline Francois, a Haitian professional whose work focuses on protection, peace, the rights of women and girls, and the rights and inclusion of persons with disabilities. My professional experience has taken me through civil society, public institutions, and international organizations, where I have worked with people, communities, and institutions facing complex situations.

My understanding of leadership has been shaped by both my professional and personal life. It comes from leading teams, advising institutions, supporting colleagues and communities, working alongside women, girls, and persons with disabilities, and helping people navigate difficult circumstances. It also comes from living with disability, moving across countries and cultures, navigating family relationships, adapting to change, making difficult choices, and learning from the ordinary moments that often reveal the most about who we are.

These experiences have taught me that leadership is not limited to professional titles or formal authority. It can appear in the way we respond to disagreement, care for others, make decisions, respect difference, recover from difficult moments, and recognize the limits of our influence.

The Leadership Notebook is my independent personal publication. It is a space where I reflect on leadership as it is lived through work, family, relationships, disability, responsibility, resilience, difference, public service, and everyday life.

The reflections published here are personal and do not represent the views of any organization with which I am or have been affiliated.