Take The Lead is available for inspiration and tools as you shelter in place with resources you can watch, read and listen to now. More than a month in, with most everyone in the country quarantined and working remotely or at social distances, it is fair to say everyone in the country is affected by COVID-19. Many report the economic and emotional burden is higher for women.
Read MoreThe crisis COVID-19 presents to everyone across the globe is dramatic, life-changing and career-shifting. At Take The Lead, hearing some good news about women who make news can be a welcome pivot. A comprehensive report from the inaugural 50 Women Can Change The World in Journalism program reveals remarkable results.
Read MoreTaylor Swift had it right. In her performance at the recent American Music Awards, where she won Artist of The Decade as well as Artist of The Year, she sang, “The Man,” with particularly fitting lyrics. “If I was the man, I’d be the man,” she sang, surrounded by a choir of young girls. Alas, she is not. And the gender gap in all music is wide.
Read MoreGeorgene Huang, CEO and Co-founder of Fairygodboss, says that a decade ago networking was about attending events and talking to as many people as you could in one space. Today you need strategies and support, taking advantage of online mechanisms and virtual connections.
Read MoreIf you suggest something to Abigail Ingram, she will follow through and do it. The director of The Women in Entrepreneurship Institute, at DePaul University in Chicago, since its launch in July 2018 heads the first comprehensive institute for women founders that integrates academic learning, research, incubation, funding and public policy.
Read MoreCelebrating Women’s Small Business Month there is a lot to be positive about in the latest news: numbers are up for businesses overall, revenue and employment, especially for Black women-owned businesses. New from American Express, The 2019 State of Women-Owned Businesses Report, shows the growth from the percent of women-owned businesses of all businesses has grown from 4.6% in 19721to 42% in 2019.
Read MoreFrom the time she was 7 years old performing fashion shows in her living room to her sister’s karaoke machine, Heidi Luerra knew she wanted to be in the fashion design business. She just didn’t know then how big her ideas would get. Founder and CEO of RAW: natural born artists, Luerra, 34, has the world’s largest independent arts organization with a community of more than 200,000 creatives in 80 cities, and offices in Los Angeles, Sydney, Toronto and Mexico City.
Read MoreThe subject line of the email she wrote to her parents was simple: “No one came to my party.”
Read MoreYou never know where or when your next collaboration may appear. If you are traveling for work, or even if you are in your home city attending a conference or a large event, being ready to talk about the work you do and opportunities you are looking for may result in options that did not exist before.
Read MoreAt 15, Lisa Mead knew what she wanted to do with her life. She started volunteering on Wednesdays after school and on Sundays at St. Charles Hospital in Port Jefferson, New York. “I loved it,” says Mead, the founder of Arizona Women in Healthcare
Read MoreHow does she know?
Well, She Knows, the new multi-platform digital media company with 81 million unique monthly visitors, apparently knows from a recent study of 1,622 of their online users that most of the respondents said they find issues at work because they are women. And women networking can definitely help.
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