It’s heresy, I know, but you don’t normally find me watching the Super Bowl.
However, dinner at a friend’s home during the annual Big Game was served around a television with the game on. It turns out I am glad.
Sorry, Kansas City Chiefs. Congratulations, Philadelphia Eagles. But thanks to you both for providing the perfect kickoff, as it were, for the connection to Black History Month.
Read MoreOn this long weekend when MLK day falls on inauguration day, and much of the country faces a big chill, a long overdue step forward for women’s rights was announced by President Biden: the ratification into the U.S. Constitution of the Equal Rights Amendment.
Read MoreMost weeks in my “Sum” column, I write about women, power, and leadership. But this week something personal took over my thinking and I decided to go with it. I hope it will resonate with you and perhaps even help someone who needs to hear it this time of year, when it is often difficult if you’re missing loved ones.
Read MoreOur editorial director and newsletter writer Michele Weldon is taking Thanksgiving week off, so I’m taking this space to say THANK YOU to each and every one of you. Many thanks for your support — whether as a donor, a participant in one of our leadership development programs, an attendee at an event, even talking with us on social media, or reading this newsletter. Your support has enabled Take The Lead to celebrate 10 years of impact. See what we have accomplished below.
Read MoreThis is a nonpartisan statement, and I believe it to the core of my being.
Voting is #leadership.
Do you agree? Or does it sound far-fetched?
Let me tell you three reasons why I say voting is leadership, and indeed part of our obligation as leaders.
Read MoreI was so sad to learn of the death of Lilly Ledbetter, a leader of the movement for pay equity. She was moved by her own story to fight for equal pay regardless of gender first for herself, and then for all women.
Read MoreIssue 272 — September 9, 2024
I had eagerly awaited the publication of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s memoir, Lovely One, since I learned that my talented friend Jamia Wilson, Vice President/Executive Editor at Penguin Random House, secured the plum of editing the book.
Finally, the book launched on September 3, 2024, in Harlem’s historic Apollo Theater — the perfect symbolic venue for the first Black woman on the SCOTUS bench. Brown Jackson was interviewed by CBS News journalist Gayle King, who kept it light and personal while gracefully hitting all the significant life junctures documented in the book, without getting into political opinions.
Read MoreIssue 271 — September 2, 2024
Who’s still glowing from the energy of Take The Lead’s Power Up Concert and Conference? I am for sure!
Read MoreIssue 270 — August 19, 2024
Here are the top 13 takeaways you’ll get when you attend the Power Up Concert and Conference.
Read MoreIssue 269 — August 11, 2024
Let’s not overstate. One conference can’t solve all problems. But research backs up the value of providing leadership development like what participants get at Take The Lead’s PowerUp Concert and Conference.
👉🏽 According to Deel Global HR’s 2004 statistics, 94% of employees stay longer in companies that invest in their professional development, and providing a robust program can 2X retention.
Read MoreIssue 268 —August 5, 2024
Call me crazy, but I say there’s nothing better than a big disruption to rupture the membranes that have kept the status quo contained and make way for progress.
Dramatic change sparks more dramatic change.
“Carpe the Chaos” is #5, of the 9 Leadership Power Tools.
This play on words bring a smile, but the intent is serious.
Read MoreIssue 267 — July 29, 2024
Women make up 50% of the athletes at the Paris Olympics, an inflection point for women in sports. There’s change in the air for women’s leadership parity on many fronts, with sports on the leading edge of progress. Check out these numbers.
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