Our 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.
Read MoreIssue 266 — July 15, 2024
WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 11, 2024) — Iconic actor and singer-songwriter Lynda Carter will be honored with the 2024 Leading Woman Award at the 5th Annual Take The Lead PowerUp Conference in Washington D.C. on Sunday, August 25 and Monday, August 26.
Take The Lead’s “Together We Lead” Conference on Monday, August 26 at the National Housing Center, follows the PowerUp Concert Sunday, August 25 at The John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts, with virtual options for both events.
Read MoreIssue 265 — July 8, 2024
If Elizabeth Packard were alive today, she would be on our Panel “Together We Lead for Health” at Take The Lead’s Power Up Conference and Concert this August 25th evening and 26th all day, in Washington DC and accessible virtually. The theme is “Together We Lead.”
Elizabeth Packard’s life story, while appalling, is inspiring. And it’s a reminder of why Women’s Equality Day on August 26, 2024 will be the most consequential acknowledgment of that date so far in the 21st century.
Read MoreIssue 264 — July 1, 2024
Note: Today, Gloria is passing the mic (or the mouse) to Felicia Davis, Take The Lead Leadership Ambassador extraordinaire, and founder of the Black Women’s Collective.
Felicia had the great idea of honoring Take The Lead’s reason for being at our August 25/26 Power Up Conference and Concert — that’s YOU. You are the women and some men who have participated in 50 Women Can Change the World cohorts, taken a 9 Leadership Power tools course or workshop, served as a Leadership Ambassador, or otherwise benefitted from our transformational programs. Here’s Felicia…
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