Even Hurricanes Don't Stop Women Who Mean Business

Issue 207 — October 3, 2022

“You’re going WHERE?” people asked.

“Don’t you know hurricanes are pummeling Florida and the Caribbean? Isn’t Puerto Rico getting hit?”

Um, yes, but when I take a speaking engagement, I show up.

The SumGloria FeldtOctober 3, 2022Women In Business, Female Experience, Female Leadership, gender equalityComment

How Do You Go from Grief to Joy?

How do you go from grief to joy?

This week I write about how the examples of recent moments of communal grief--the 21st anniversary of 9/11 and the death of Queen Elizabeth II—can inform us as we grapple with personal grief. And I share a phone call that helped me process my grief by creating a lasting legacy in memory of my husband, and the resulting joy. Read the full story here...

The Big RE Secret for Solving Women’s Pay and Debt Gaps

Issue 205 — September 5, 2022

Something doesn’t compute here, I thought, when I saw a well-meaning but laughable piece of advice to women in an Ad Council campaign in collaboration with AARP.

“Save a larger percentage of your income for retirement,“ it tells women, and cites the data that women are 80% more likely than men to be poor in their old age. “Save 2% more than you are currently saving,” goes the advice.

The SumGloria FeldtSeptember 5, 2022Gender Equity, Take The Lead Event, The Big ReComment

Come Celebrate 8 With Me: Free Birthday Concert for Women’s Equality on August 25

There’s a reason Marina Arsenijevic’s story is the longest in my book Intentioning: Sex, Power, Pandemics and Why Women Will Take the Lead for (Everyone’s) Good. She’s the archetype Intentional Woman and the role model for Leadership Intentioning Tool #2: Dream UP, because if your dreams don’t scare you, they aren’t big enough.

The SumGloria FeldtAugust 9, 2022Power Up Conference, Women's Equality Day, diversityComment

Alex.

The world lost a one-of-a-kind man on July 17 when my beloved husband Alexander Barbanell died following a two-week hospitalization for pneumonia and multiple infections that were too much for his 91-year-old body to overcome. He was just two weeks shy of his 92nd birthday, August 1.

The SumGloria FeldtAugust 2, 2022memory, Gloria FeldtComment

The #1 Leadership Strategy for Your Company in Times of Controversy (Read #RoevWade)

Issue 203 — June 26, 2022

The United States Supreme Court ignited a political and social firestorm by overturning Roe v. Wade on June 24, the last day of its 2022 session.

The SumGloria FeldtJune 27, 2022Abortion, social justice, Social Responsibility, Leadership ToolsComment

How Long Till justice? Juneteenth Symbolizes Both Question and Answer

Issue 202 — June 20, 2022

On the second national Juneteenth holiday, I am reposting what I wrote last year in recognition of this day in American history. The unfinished business of equality remains the same even though public awareness of the day is much greater, if overcommercialized. The Big RE Concert and Conference: REthink, REwire, REcreate will give you insights and tools you can use right away to address these and many other leadership and life issues. REgister here now — early bird ticket prices have just been announced!

The SumGloria FeldtJune 21, 2022leadership training, Take The Lead Event, Social JusticeComment

What is your Big RE?

We have spent the last couple of years in an environment of deep disruption and uncertainty. Now, we are living in a revolutionary time. A time that surrounds us with change, transformation, and all the REs.

Your opportunity is now!

The Sum, EventFelicia DavisJune 13, 2022Take The Lead Event, Transformation, Social ChangeComment

Equal Rights: It’s Now or Never

Issue 201 — June 5, 2022

“Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty,” said founding father John Adams. Yet in a classic demonstration of unearned privilege, he mocked his wife Abigail’s plea to “remember the ladies” when framing the Constitution. John averred that men would never put up with that “tyranny of the petticoat.” As if one person’s freedom reduces the other person’s freedom, when the exact opposite is actually true.

The SumGloria FeldtJune 5, 2022Abortion, LGBTQ, Equal Rights AmendmentComment

To Stop Uvaldes and Buffalos, Start by Changing the Narrative of Power

Issue 200— May 30, 2022

I need to write about power this week.

I’ve spent the last decade teaching women the difference between thinking of oppressive power OVER and generative, creative, and innovative power TO so that we can get over our culturally learned ambivalence about power that is a key barrier to women’s advancement.

The SumGloria FeldtMay 30, 2022Power To, Women Leaders, Gun ControlComment

Buffalo: Leaders Must Rise to The Challenge

First, say their names: Margus D. Morrison, 52; Andre Mackneil, 53; Aaron Salter, 55; Geraldine Talley, 62; Celestine Chaney, 65; Heyward Patterson, 67; Katherine Massey, 72; Pearl Young, 77; and Ruth Whitfield 86. On behalf of all of us at Take The Lead, we mourn the loss of their lives and stand in solidarity with their loved ones.

The SumGloria FeldtMay 23, 2022Racism, Leadership, ViolenceComment