Leadership is first and foremost about developing others. I wrote this post to our fabulous and diverse and talented participants in our Train-the-Trainer program (we held the training at the beautiful Omega Institute) to share why my core workshop is so necessary for women now—how their role as certified “Take The Leaders” can accelerate women’s advancement to leadership parity.
Read MoreTaylor Swift was not happy when she found out Apple wasn’t planning to pay musicians royalties during a three-month trial period for Apple Music, its new streaming service. On Sunday morning, she took to Tumblr to criticize Apple’s policy and announce that her megahit album 1989 won’t be available for streaming on Apple Music. “We don’t ask you for free iPhones,” she wrote. “Please don’t ask us to provide you with our music for no compensation.”
Read MoreOn May 13th, journalist Jessica Bennett sat down with Take The Lead president Gloria Feldt for a Virtual Happy Hour chat on “manterrupting”—that is, “unnecessary interruption of a woman by a man.” If you’re a woman in the workforce, you’ve probably experienced it at least once, and Jessica shared her insights on how best to deal with it, gained from both her years of writing about gender and business and her own personal experience.
Read MoreEvery New Year inevitably brings a fresh wave of optimistic resolutions. We’re definitely going to eat better this year—no more flour, or sugar, or salt, or trans fats, and definitely no fructose. We’re going to exercise every day while simultaneously reading big books on important topics. And we’re going to volunteer to be a class parent. Oh, and we’re determined that this is the year when we’re going to lead fearlessly.
Read MoreDo you know HowTo envision? HowTo build? HowTo scale, build alliances, understand data, grow a team? And above all: HowTo succeed?
The Women 2.0 HotTo conference is jam packed with “high-impact speakers ready to share their stories and successes, panels sharing insight into real-world strategies, and mentorship sessions offering real-time coaching.”
Read MoreImagine if you could use Twitter to end gender inequality. Now imagine you could do that through an extra credit assignment for school. This #ExtraCredit tweet chat featuring the Take The Lead Challenge Launch Event on Feb. 19 does both. This is extra credit like you’ve never seen it before.
Read MoreEver have a really interesting idea at work or in the world, share it, and notice that you don’t get much of a response? Either because people just don’t seem excited about it or say they don’t understand it? And then a dude, maybe someone you know or don’t know, maybe someone who cam
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