Issue 238 — August 13, 2023
You might have heard the saying, if I can’t dance, it’s not my revolution. I certainly agree with that.
We’re thrilled to invite you to the most anticipated event of the year! Learn, connect, and be inspired by the conference all day, and then kick back with a night of great music and entertainment:
2023 Women’s Equality Day Power Up Concert and Conference, on August 26, 2023!
Read More“I learned quickly on that my dream of being a singer wasn’t what my immigrant parents wanted for me. Making art for a living was for them not a reality-based decision,” says Connie K. Lim, whose professional name is MILCK; it’s her first two initials and her last name backwards.
But she did make her dream happen in a very big way, her using her power and voice in an enormously successful global musical career, activism and presence in the social justice equity movement and advocacy for truth and personal power. MILCK performs in person at Take The Lead’s Power Up Conference & Concert, “Lead Your Intention,” August 26 on Women’s Equality Day.
Read MoreIssue 237 — August 7, 2023
I break out in a cold sweat when people say the word “event.”
There are so many moving parts to putting on a valuable and memorable conference — and why would you do one if it weren’t valuable and meaningful? The logistics alone break my head, and there are always dozens of opinions about who to invite to speak and perform, where to have it, what to have for lunch — you name it.
Read MoreIt’s a fact. Networking works— especially for women across all industries and identities.
Take The Lead’s Power Up Concert & Conference on Women’s Equality Day offers unique opportunities for networking, learning, sharing, skill-building, strategic planning, understanding, and expressing your intentions on how and why to create the career and life you always imagined.
Read MoreLiz Elting was never lost in translation.
Founder and CEO of the Elizabeth Elting Foundation, she started her first venture in 1992 as a graduate MBA student at New York University’s Stern School of Business with the creation of TransPerfect, a language solutions company.
Read More“Failures are things I feel most proud of. Stop calling it failure, it’s true growth,” says Abby Wambach, former two-time U.S. Women’s National Team Olympic gold medalist, World Cup Soccer winner and author.
At the recent Customer Contact Week Conference in Las Vegas, Rebecca Jarvis, ABC News chief business economics correspondent describes Wambach as someone who “turns failure into fuel.” Jarvis adds that Wambach is also “the highest international goal scorer of all time” as well as an “advocate for pay equity and LGBTQ rights.”
Read More“If you can’t be honest about yourself, you will go through life as a lie,” said Gabrielle Union, entrepreneur, award-winning actress, producer and author in a recent conversation at Pride Summit 2023 with B. Pagels-Minor, podcast host and founder of DVRGNT Ventures.
Read MoreWhat could you do with an extra $267,760 over a lifetime? Buy a home, perhaps, repay student loans, start a business, leave a legacy, found a nonprofit, donate to a worthwhile cause.
The average Asian American, Native Hawaiian Pacific Island woman will likely never know, as that is what this group of women working full time will lose due to the wage gap over a lifetime, according to the National Women’s Law Center.
Read MoreIssue 227 — May 1, 2023
Tell me. What’s the biggest obstacle you have faced on your path to leadership?
Here’s a secret for you.
*There are no obstacles. Only opportunities.*
Read MoreThe first Chicago Foundation For Women award went to Ruth Bader Ginsburg in 2005, at the age of 72, when she was a Justice on the U.S. Supreme Court. Since then, 125 women leaders have been honored, and this year, 17-year-old Azariah Baker, Youth Leader of A Long Walk Home, won the Vanguard Award.
“I have been encouraged by so many women in my life and am so thankful,” says Baker, an artist and activist, senior at George Washington College Prep High School, who is attending Spelman College in the fall. “You see women here doing everything in their fullness. My work is an ode to my Black experience.”
Read MoreThis is not checking the box for diversity for the sake of claiming diversity. This is about leaders and their global organizations that are making a difference to create equity in the workplace, communities and the world.
At their recent Catalyst Awards 2023, the global nonprofit founded in 1962 to “accelerate and advance women into leadership” applauded an exceptional roster of those at the helms of “forward-thinking organizations that are developing new and innovative ways to advance gender equity and strengthen their organizations.”
Read MoreLearning about your circadian rhythms—your forever biological clock—can inform how you work and lead your life. It can also give you the energy you need to find and fulfill your entrepreneurship goals and “do it without being exhausted,” says Amy Leigh Looper, founder and CEO of Leading Motherhood.
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