Anxiety is in the air. You can feel it everywhere — layoffs, political uncertainty, the gnawing fear that the earth is shifting beneath our feet.
In times like these, leadership can feel impossible. How can you lead when you don’t even know what the next week will bring?
The truth is courage to lead isn’t knowing all the answers. It’s stepping forward even when you don’t.
Read MoreWhat an amazing International Women’s Day 2025 I was privileged to experience! It was equal measure inspiring celebrations of women’s progress and passionate calls to action to change the state of the world for women, where rights won are being lost and many protections of equal treatment are being erased a warp speed.
The two events I attended both received well deserved standing ovations.
That’s because of the way each exemplified progress is possible through struggle and movement building. And each illustrated a poignant reminder that no step forward is forever unless there is constant activism.
Read MoreGloria Feldt, published author, former President of Planned Parenthood, and CEO, and co-founder of Take the Lead, discusses with host Charlie Stone the importance of gender parity in leadership and the power of “intentioning” for women.
Read MoreWitnessing the female athletes competing across any and all sports in the recent Olympics, demonstrate just what can happen to a person under extreme pressure. Depending on personality type, it can affect a competitor’s stress levels.
The workplace is similar.
An A-type personality often means you are competitive, time-pressured, and prone to high-stress levels. These traits can push you to achieve great things but can also contribute to work-related stress, especially if you're in a leadership role.
Read MoreCatherine Gray, the host of “Invest In Her”, interviews Gloria Feldt, a nationally acclaimed expert on women, power, and leadership with expertise from frontline leadership experience, a bestselling author, and in-demand keynote speaker.
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 MoreIt’s only been a century since women athletes were excluded from the 1924 Olympics in Paris, but this is quite a golden comeback. At the 2024 Olympics in Paris this year, athletes identifying as men and women are equally participating—almost.
With the hashtag, #GenderEqualOlympics, the International Olympic Committee declares gender equity in representation with 5,630 male athletes and 5,416 women. Twenty-eight out of 32 sports are fully gender equal in Paris, with a schedule of 152 women’s events, 157 men’s events and 20 mixed-gender events.
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 261— June 10, 2024
I have exciting news today. Have you been inspired as I have been by the Wonder Woman character?
Then you will be thrilled to know that Lynda Carter, whose iconic role as Wonder Woman exemplifies female strength and the use of power for good will receive the Leading Woman Award at Take The Lead’s annual Power Up Concert and Conference.
Read MoreEven if you are not a huge sports fan, it was almost impossible to miss the attention that Caitlin Clark, the 22-year-old basketball star playing for University of Iowa in NCAA March Madness, was earning including from NBA Superstar Steph Curry.
Read MoreIssue 254 — March 3, 2024
How many clip art flowers and pink figures, celebratory Women’s History Month posts have you seen already this March — and we’re just a few days into it? Somehow it seems that many people have forgotten (if they ever knew) that women needed this special month, just as February was Black History Month for the same reason — because the narratives of history have not been written with our lens, and often our accomplishments have been downright ignored — or stolen.
Read MoreIssue 250— January 15, 2024
Re-print: Originally Published January 21, 2019
“We may have all come on different ships, but we’re in the same boat now.” — Martin Luther King, Jr.
The two movements that have shaped my life converged this long weekend.
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