Now Is Time For Women Leaders to Create An Equitable Future With Intentioning
For all those aiming to reset their careers and lead lives with intentioning, launching March 23, 2023 is the new 13-week mastermind live with creator Gloria Feldt, co-founder and president of Take The Lead.
The gender landscape of the workplace is changing as is the global culture of society. During Women’s History Month and in time for International Women’s Day March 8, it is crucial to examine how and why the leadership climate is shifting and where and how individuals can make the biggest impact on equity, fulfilling their own goals and dreams.
As the buzz of post-COVID global resignations of women leaders continues, it is essential to reframe the story and align strategies, according to Gloria Feldt, president and co-founder of Take The Lead.
“During #WomensHistoryMonth and in time for International Women’s Day March 8, it is crucial to examine how and why the #leadership climate is shifting and where and how individuals can make the biggest impact on #equity, fulfilling their own goals and dreams. #IWD”
“Women who are leaving top jobs is not the whole story; maybe the reset is real change. But we must keep our eye—our intention— on bringing women up in leadership,” says Feldt, who on March 23, 2023 launches the 13-week live mastermind series, Intentioning: How To Transform Your Dreams Into Reality With The Power of Intentioning. “Every act we take as individuals is a path for the next woman. What we do is more than what we do. “
Read more from Gloria Feldt in Take The Lead on creating your plan
Many have been weighing in on measuring the economic and social climate for those identifying as women leaders and the recent resignations of top women leaders.
““Women who are leaving top jobs is not the whole story; maybe the reset is real change. But we must keep our eye—our #intention— on bringing women up in #leadership,” says @GloriaFeldt, who on March 23, 2023 launches a new 13-week live mastermind series.”
Sarah Kaplan, distinguished professor and director of the Institute for Gender and the Economy at the University of Toronto tells Global News, “The COVID-19 pandemic has been an ‘extraordinarily stressful’ time to be a political leader.”
In a recent “Morning Joe” episode on MSNBC, host Mika Brzezinski spoke with Forbes columnist Maggie McGrath who interviewed Feldt on the issue of high level departures.
“It doesn’t have to be a disaster —but it could be if we don’t heed this moment,” Feldt told her. “We need to bring other women with us.”
Read more from Gloria Feldt in Take The Lead on leader shifts
Yes, it is important to note that at the same time of resignations, women are also rising to the top.
“For all those aiming to reset their #careers and lead lives with #intentioning, launching March 23, 2023 is the new 13-week mastermind live with creator @GloriaFeldt, co-founder and president of @Takeleadwomen. #leadershipcourse”
“A rising star of the Italian left has won election to the leadership of the Democratic Party, the country’s second-largest political group. Thirty-seven-year-old Elly Schlein will serve as the main opposition leader to Giorgia Meloni, the country’s far-right prime minister—the first time both of these roles have been held by women simultaneously,” Quartz reports.
More good news Business Chief reports, is that for the first time, “the prestigious Fortune 500, which ranks the biggest firms in the US by total revenue,” increased “the total number of female Fortune 500 CEOs up to 53, thus nudging above the 10% threshold for the first time in the list's seven-decade history.”
Business chief reports, “ Women now hold 28% of the corporate board seats at the country’s 3,000 largest publicly-traded companies, according to Korn Ferry, up from 18% in 2018.”
At this crucial point, Feldt says, it is essential for each leader to identify for themselves exactly how to craft their future, interrogating their mission, and intentioning how to use their power for change.
“At this crucial point, @GloriaFeldt says, it is essential for each #leader to identify for themselves exactly how to craft their future, interrogating their #mission, and intentioning how to use their power for change. ”
“The next big question is the power to what? To what end will you use your power? How do you want to choose to use that power?” Feldt, who is leading the mastermind beginning March 23, says, “Your answer is your intentioning.”
Other business leadership experts agree.
According to CIO, earlier iterations of mentoring programs “have often been seen as the solution, but they’re not always effective,” says Dr. Christie Struckman, a research vice president at Gartner.
“Mentoring programs should be ‘more about providing space to talk about career aspirations, supporting evaluating options, strategizing how to get opportunities, and providing assurance,’ Struckman tells CIO. “To counter this hurdle, Struckman encourages managers to put more women into new experiences with intention.”
A key issue affecting overall workplace culture is the influence of AI on gender equity and how women leaders can address these challenges. The new Intentioning mastermind addresses those concerns.
“A key issue affecting overall #workplaceculture is the influence of #AI on gender #equity and how women leaders can address these challenges. The new Intentioning mastermind addresses those concerns. ”
“We will unpack implicit bias in workplace culture and beyond, including a look at the effects of AI on gender equity in leadership and how you can use these intentioning tools to confront evolving influences,” Feldt says.
Read more in Take The Lead on AI
The innovative, powerful curriculum for the Intentioning mastermind includes attendees receiving a copy of Feldt’s book Intentioning: Sex, Power, Pandemics, and How Women Will Take The Lead for (Everyone’s) Good, a printed course workbook and an Intentioning "I Create My Own Destiny" Kit.
Other benefits of the highly interactive mastermind sessions are access to Take The Lead Women's 9 Leadership Power Tools Online Course, two small group coaching sessions to help those enrolled develop and hone their individual plan, and access to a community of women who will continue to be resources. The mastermind also includes a free virtual ticket to the Power Up Women's Equality Day Conference and Concert August 26, plus discounts on tickets to the Women of Worth Summit and The Women's Collaborative conference, and other partner events.
“We are flipping the script here,” says Feldt. “It’s not just about you, it’s about what are you doing for the next woman?” To that end, she says, “The sessions are mostly conversations with enrollees sharing insights, asking questions and saying what they have learned.”
““We are flipping the script here,” says Feldt, about @Takeleadwomen ‘s new 13-week mastermind live course. “It’s not just about you, it’s about what are you doing for the next woman?” #leadershipdevelopment #community”
All of this speaks to the individual’s power to manifest shifts and movements in their life and career.
“You have the power to strike your own balance and to choose what you do with your life, in your life, whether at home, work or in society,” Feldt says.
It is the perfect time to embrace that balance and shift.
A new Monster survey of 6,847 workers shows, “Women are far less likely to say they feel they get the same quantity and quality of opportunities as men in the workplace: 66% of men believe everyone at work gets the same access to opportunities, versus just 23% of women, CNBC reports.
““We will unpack #implicitbias in workplace culture and beyond, including a look at the effects of AI on #gender equity in leadership and how you can use these intentioning tools to confront evolving influences,” @GloriaFeldt says. ”
Read more in Take The Lead on Intentioning
“The opportunities gap has a compounding effect among women at all levels in the workplace. Women say having a clear vision for the future of their career is a top priority for them, and a lack of potential advancement is the biggest red flag that would lead them to turn down a job offer.”
Having a clear vision with intentioning is key, Feldt says. And 13 live sessions is the perfect solution. “Thirteen is a lucky number.”
According to Feldt, “Sometimes you have to break the rules and invent new ones to get to where you intend to go.”
Take The Lead’s Leadership Takeaway of The Week:
“You have the power to strike your own balance and to choose what you do with your life, in your life, whether at home, work or in society.”
Gloria Feldt, co-founder and president of Take The Lead.
