Power To Change Conversations Webinar Series Launches on Women’s Equality Day

It’s much more than talk. It’s about solutions, giving back and changing the present and future.

Diving into the urgent global conversations of racial and gender equality in leadership today, Take The Lead launches “Power to Change Conversations,” a new Zoom-based webinar series devoted to offering substantive solutions from leading experts on race, gender and equity.

“There is much necessary discussion about uncovering centuries of injustice against people of color and women,” says Gloria Feldt, the co-founder and president of Take The Lead. “But we saw a need for dialogue on what can be done immediately to right the wrongs, and ‘Power to Change Conversations’ will offer actionable solutions for the issues of the day.”

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The Power in Uncertainty: Women In Law Take The Lead For Change and Fairness

“Being uncertain doesn’t mean you are powerless,” said Jami McKeon, chair of Morgan Lewis, the largest law firm in the world led by a woman.

Speaking on the recent online panel, “Building a Better Legal Profession: Diversity, Inclusion, Technology, and the Teams of Tomorrow,” co-sponsored by Take The Lead and University of Texas’ Center For Women in Law, McKeon said COVID-19 and the most recent protests and developments highlighting injustice in the past few weeks have changed the legal profession and practices—especially for women, particularly women of color.

Career success, Change Leadership, Take The Lead Events, Women Career Success, Women Career ChoicesMichele WeldonJune 8, 202050 Women Can, Women In Law, Workplace Culture, Gender Diversity, InclusivityComment

Back By Popular Demand: 50 Women Can Change The World in Journalism

Take The Lead is launching its second annual 50 Women Can Change the World in Journalism program, slated to kick off on June 16th. Applications for the digital training can be submitted here.

Watch highlights of the 2019 50 Women in Journalism program here

Sponsored in part by Democracy Fund and the Ford Foundation, the program comes at a point when women in the media are making progress but still struggling for parity amid broad layoffs and massive industry changes. For example, women have made up the majority of journalism and mass communication degree programs in the United States for more than three decades.

Changing the Power Par..., Career success, Change Leadership, Women Career Success, Take The Lead Launch, Take The Lead EventsDiane KarschMay 22, 202050 Women In Journalism, 50 Women Can Change The World, How women can advance their careers, Gloria Feldt, Leadership ToolsComment

Leading In Chaos: How Resilient Are You?

Millions of us are testing the limits of our own strength—physically, emotionally, mentally—whether in isolation, working from home or facing the enormous challenges of essential work and the multi-dimensional threats of COVID-19.

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Changing The World: 50 Powerful Women Journos Take The Lead

The 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.

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For Attribution: Take The Lead Changing The Record on Women Journalists in Wikipedia

Virginia Woolf famously said, “For most of history, anonymous was a woman.” A new effort launched by Take The Lead’s 50 Women in Journalism Can Change The World cohort, Women Do News, is out to give credit to women journalists where credit is due, particularly in the pages of Wikipedia.

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Imagine a World…

Imagine for a moment what the world would be like if men and women held fair and equal shares of top leadership positions across every sector. What are the words you would use to describe such a world? Last weekend, I got to do one of the things that keeps me so powerfully committed to this mission of gender parity in leadership by 2025.

Change Leadership, Changing the Power Par..., Parity, Take The Lead Events, Leadership Power ToolsGloria FeldtOctober 28, 2019Tanushree Ghosh, Lori Chillingworth, Parity, Gender Violence, Power ToolsComment

Silent Auction Spotlight: Jewelry Exec Director Shines In Family Business

Visiting Rome after college and viewing the masterpieces of 17th century sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini proved to be a career shift for Maria Soldier, executive director of Alex Soldier, an international jewelry enterprise created by her father.

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Glorious= Sisterhood, Inspiration, Learning With 2 Gloria's At Take The Lead Event

They came for the history. They left with inspiration for the future. More than 200 supporters and guests arrived at New York’s Daryl Roth Theatre Saturday afternoon, arriving from Illinois, California, Iowa, Maryland, Arizona, Pennsylvania, New York and other locations for a fundraiser performance for Take The Lead of “Gloria: A Life.”

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Best Offer Yet: New Take The Lead Power Tools Online Course Launches With Live Chats

Of all the tasks and endeavors you may do online— shop, pay bills, watch your favorite shows or listen to the latest music—this one online course can change your professional and personal lives forever

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63 Is Not 100: Black Women’s Equal Pay Day Aims To End Disparities

Sixty three cents on the dollar. That is what a black woman earns compared to a white man for the same work. White women earn 79 cents in the same comparison, and an Asian American woman makes 87 cents compared to the $1 a white man earns in the same position.

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