A fireside chat with a twist
About this Event:
Ladies Get Paid author and founder Claire Wasserman will interview Gloria Feldt, the co-founder of Take The Lead, a non-profit dedicated to propelling all women to take their equal share of leadership positions by 2025. A feminist icon and former CEO of Planned Parenthood, Feldt will discuss how women can use their power to achieve their professional goals and the increasing role that diversity and inclusion play now and in the post-Covid work environment.
Then the tables will then turn, and Feldt will interview Wasserman, the author and founder of Ladies Get Paid. Based on her book, Wasserman will provide tangible advice that will equip guests to “level up” at work; bring other women with them; and show how they can effectively self-advocate
About Gloria Feldt:
Gloria Feldt is an acclaimed expert on women, power, and leadership with decades of frontline leadership experience, a bestselling author, and an in-demand keynote speaker.
She is the co-founder and president of Take The Lead, whose mission reflects her life’s passion: to prepare, develop, inspire, and propel women to take their fair and equal share of leadership positions across all sectors by 2025 by providing breakthrough training, mentoring and coaching role modeling, and thought leadership. Its signature 50 Women Can Change the World program is an immersive version of her 9 Leadership Power Tools to Advance Your Career customized by industries for women in early career, mid-career, and executive levels.
She is the bestselling author of four books; the latest is No Excuses: 9 Ways Women Can Change How We Think About Power, the research for which plus her own real-world knowledge forms the core of Take The Lead’s programs.
She is formerly the president and CEO of the world’s largest reproductive health and advocacy organization, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, capping a 30-year career that included serving as CEO of affiliates in West Texas and Arizona as well as the national CEO. She was named by Vanity Fair one of “America’s Top 200 Women Leaders, Legends, and Trailblazers,” Glamour’s “Woman of the Year,” She Knows Media Inspiring Woman, Women’s eNews 21 Leaders for the 21st Century, Women Economic Forum Circle of Light award, Texas Monthly’s Texas 20, Martin Luther King Living the Dream Award, and Forbes 40 Over 40.
About Claire Wasserman:
Claire Wasserman is an educator, author, and founder of Ladies Get Paid, a book, educational platform, and global community that champions the professional and financial advancement of women.
She is also the host of John Hancock’s podcast, “Friends Who Talk About Money”. Claire has traveled the country teaching thousands of women how to negotiate millions of dollars in raises, start businesses, and advocate for themselves in the workplace. Claire was named one of Entrepreneur Magazine's 100 Most Powerful Women and has spoken at places such as Harvard Business School, Facebook, and the United Nations, and has appeared on Good Morning America and in the New York Times, among others. Her book, Ladies Get Paid, is available at ladiesgetpaid.com/book and wherever books are sold.
Learn more about Claire at clairewasserman.com and follow her on Instagram at @clairegetspaid.