What made them great and extraordinary?

Personality Competency Skills

(Achievements/ Contributions)
Helen Keller  A blind and deaf writer and activist,  Leadership
Helen Keller was the guiding force  Influence Others
behind the American Foundation for  Manages Conflict
the Blind. Keller devoted her life to  Career Motivation
expanding possibilities for people who  Problem Solving
are deaf-blind, blind or have low  Trustworthiness and
vision. She also campaigned for Ethics
women's suffrage and workers' rights.  Responsibility
 American educator Helen Keller  Commitment to Career
overcame the adversity of being blind  Communication
and deaf to become one of the 20th
century's leading humanitarians, as
well as co-founder of the American
Civil Liberties Union. (ACLU)
 Keller stood as a powerful example of
how determination, hard work, and
imagination can allow an individual to
triumph over adversity. By overcoming
difficult conditions with a great deal of
persistence, she grew into a respected
and world-renowned activist who
labored for the betterment of others.
Eleanor Roosevelt  The wife of President Franklin D.  Leadership
Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt changed  Influence Others
the role of the first lady through her  Manages Conflict
active participation in American  Career Motivation
politics.  Problem Solving
 She became chair of the U.N.'s Human  Trustworthiness and
Rights Commission and helped to write
Ethics
the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights.  Responsibility
 President John F. Kennedy reappointed  Commitment to Career
her to the United States delegation to  Communication
the U.N. in 1961, and later named her
to the National Advisory Committee of
the Peace Corps and as chair of the
President's Commission on the Status
of Women.
 A revolutionary first lady, Eleanor
Roosevelt was one of the most
ambitious and outspoken women to
ever live in the White House. Although
she was both criticized and praised for
her active role in public policy, she is
remembered as a humanitarian who
dedicated much of her life to fighting
for political and social change, and as
 one of the first public officials to
publicize important issues through the
mass media.
Jean Houston  Jean Houston, Ph.D., scholar, philosopher  Leadership
and researcher in Human Capacities, is  Influence Others
one of the foremost visionary thinkers and  Manages Conflict
doers of our time. She is long regarded as  Career Motivation
one of the principal founders of the  Problem Solving
Human Potential Movement.
 Trustworthiness and
 Dr. Houston is noted for her ability to
Ethics
combine a deep knowledge of history,
culture, new science, spirituality and  Responsibility
human development into her teaching.  Commitment to Career
She is known for her inter-disciplinary  Communication
perspective delivered in inspirational and
humorous keynote addresses.
 Dr. Houston is considered one of the most
evocative and entertaining speakers on
aligning the human spirit, potential and
action with the needs of the time.
Mother Teresa  Founder of the Order of the Missionaries  Leadership
of Charity, a Roman Catholic  Influence Others
congregation of women dedicated to  Manages Conflict
helping the poor. Considered one of the  Trustworthiness and
20th Century's greatest humanitarians, she Ethics
was canonized as Saint Teresa of Calcutta  Responsibility
in 2016.
 Commitment to Career
 Nun and missionary Mother Teresa,
known in the Catholic church as Saint  Communication
Teresa of Calcutta, devoted her life to
caring for the sick and poor. Born in
Macedonia to parents of Albanian-descent
and having taught in India for 17 years,
Mother Teresa experienced her "call
within a call" in 1946. Her order
established a hospice; centers for the
blind, aged and disabled; and a leper
colony. In 1979 she received the Nobel
Peace Prize for her humanitarian work.
 In 1979 she received the Nobel Peace
Prize for her humanitarian work. She died
in September 1997 and was beatified in
October 2003. In December 2015, Pope
Francis recognized a second miracle
attributed to Mother Teresa, clearing the
way for her to be canonized on September
4, 2016.
Jose Rizal  A patriot, physician, and man of letters  Leadership
who was an inspiration to the Philippine  Influence Others
nationalist movement.  Manages Conflicts
  Rizal wrote about the discrimination that  Career Motivation
accompanied Spain's colonial rule of his  Problem Solving
country. He returned to the Philippines in  Trustworthiness and
1892, but was exiled due to his desire for Ethics
reform. Although he supported peaceful
 Responsibility
change, Rizal was convicted of sedition
and executed on December 30, 1896, at  Commitment to Career
age 35.  Communication
 A brilliant student who became proficient
in multiple languages, José Rizal studied
medicine in Manila
 Rizal returned to Europe and continued to
write, releasing his follow-up novel, El
Filibusterismo (The Reign of Greed) in
1891. He also published articles in La
Solidaridad, a paper aligned with the
Propaganda Movement. The reforms Rizal
advocated for did not include
independence—he called for equal
treatment of Filipinos, limiting the power
of Spanish friars and representation for the
Philippines in the Spanish Cortes (Spain's
parliament).
 Rizal remains a nationalist icon in the
Philippines for helping the country take its
first steps toward independence.
Andres Bonifacio  Philippine patriot, founder and leader of  Leadership
the nationalist Katipunan society, who  Influence Others
instigated the revolt of August 1896  Teamwork
against the Spanish.  Problem Solving
 Bonifacio advocated complete  Trustworthiness and
independence from Spain. Ethics
 Responsibility
 Commitment to Career

Tony Meloto  Founder of the Gawad Kalinga association  Leadership

 strategy manager for the Proctor &  Influence Others
Gamble group  Career Motivation
 Problem Solving
 Trustworthiness and
Ethics
 Responsibility
 Commitment to Career
 Communication
Dalai Lama  Tibet's political leader, has strived to make  Leadership
Tibet an independent and democratic state  Influence Others
from China. He and his followers are  Manages Conflict
exiled to India.  Coaches and mentors
 Dalai Lama has taken numerous actions in  Career Motivation
hopes of establishing an autonomous  Trustworthiness and
Tibetan state within the People's Republic Ethics
of China.  Responsibility
 The Dalai Lama has also conducted
 Communication
hundreds of conferences, lectures and
workshops worldwide, as part of his
humanitarian efforts. He was awarded the
Nobel Peace Prize in 1989
 The Dalai Lama is the spiritual leader of
Tibetan Buddhism, and in the tradition of
Bodhisattva he has spent his life
committed to benefiting humanity.