On 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 MoreJust out of college, early in your career or mid-career, it is not likely you are able to easily join corporate boards or enter into the world of philanthropy with substantial donations. But you can still make an enormous impact volunteering your time and skills for missions and causes that you care about deeply.
And the experience will help you tremendously in your growth as a leader.
Since the pandemic, the volunteering landscape has shifted, and there is a gendered and generational element.
Read More“Fear is an opportunity. Challenges are part of every life journey—in work, business, relationships, challenges are opportunities for growth,” says Homaira Kabir, founder of The Goodbye Perfect Project and a women’s leadership coach.
Read More“Failures are things I feel most proud of. Stop calling it failure, it’s true growth,” says Abby Wambach, former two-time U.S. Women’s National Team Olympic gold medalist, World Cup Soccer winner and author.
At the recent Customer Contact Week Conference in Las Vegas, Rebecca Jarvis, ABC News chief business economics correspondent describes Wambach as someone who “turns failure into fuel.” Jarvis adds that Wambach is also “the highest international goal scorer of all time” as well as an “advocate for pay equity and LGBTQ rights.”
Read MoreOne hour a week for 13 weeks is worth spending on the future you create for yourself.
“This is about zeroing in on the tangible thought process leaders need to move up in their careers,” says Gloria Feldt, co-founder and president of Take The Lead, and creator of the mastermind series, “Intentioning: How to Transform Your Dreams to Reality with the Power of Intention,” launching March 23 and running until June 15.
Read MoreIssue 217 — January 9, 2023
Last week, I quoted Alicia Keys who asked the great question on social media:
“What energy are u bringing into this year?”
What was your answer?
Read MoreIf you’re like me, and have a pile of books you are aiming to complete before the end of the year yet are still craving to know what is new and not to be missed, this list is for you. This is also a list for amazing gifts for the friends and colleagues in your life hungry for the best and brightest in nonfiction written by women who tackle workplace issues, personal struggles, strategies and insights to being your best self.
Read MoreIssue 214— December 12, 2022
“Say what you want out loud.”
That was the most quoted takeaway from the fireside chat interview between Morning Joe co-anchor and founder/partner with Forbes in the “Know Your Value” initiative, Mika Brzezinski and NBC’s Today Show cohost Hoda Kotb at the gathering of women chosen for Forbes 50 Over 50 2022 on December 8 at Forbes’ New York headquarters.
Read MoreWhat you see is what you get. And what you don’t see is what you don’t get.
Nina Menkes, award-winning filmmaker, director and creator of the new documentary, “Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power” anchored a recent panel following a screening in Chicago at Facets on the historic visualization of characters identifying as women and how that mandates how systems treat half the world.
Read MoreIssue 213— December 5, 2022
You really must watch this video to get your hackles up at the hapless reporter who asked New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern if she was meeting Finland’s Prime Minister Sanna Marin because they are “similar in age.”
Read MoreWho really needs a partridge in a pear tree? What many women in the workplace need is a reliable set of accessible tools, insights and proven leadership lessons to enhance and transform their careers and their work lives.
Take The Lead offers those valuable tips each week in interviews with a broad range of leaders across identities and communities in various industries across the globe, representing different approaches to distinct challenges many face.
Read MoreBoth of them knew about each other’s work. And their collaboration was a perfect fit.
Wendy Smith was a fan of her co-author, Marianne Lewis, and her research long before they met. Lewis was aware of the research Smith was working on as well; so their connection is the best example of their theory that life and work are not a collection of one or the other, clear-cut choices and either/or decisions.
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