You’re in charge of the intern this summer. Yes, as a leader in your organization, it can prompt impatience and eye-rolling. But it can also prompt the understanding that the extra time it takes for you to show someone how to finish needed projects, you can also mentor someone professionally for a lifetime.
Read MoreCompanies spend big money on gender diversity and inclusion training. There’s a good reason for that: attracting and retaining high-caliber female talent all the way up to the top leadership ranks comes with a long list of compelling results, ranging from lower turnover cost to higher profits. Female senior leaders have a positive impact on the bottom line.
Read MoreFollow this: Having a bright, spanking clean digital presence includes more than untagging yourself in all the photos where you are carrying a red cup, wearing a bathing suit and a huge smile. Your public footprint—or what has been called your personal brand for a while—needs to be impeccable. Because it is very true that your social media and digital identity needs to reflect well on your career in order for you and your career to move ahead. This is true for all women in the workplace.
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Read MoreIn the late 90s, armed with all the tips I thought I needed concerning salary negotiation advice, I asked for a pay raise after discovering that the man down the hall with the same job title (and less experience) was making more than I was. So I told my supervisor I needed a raise to compensate for the difference.
Read MoreLeadership is first and foremost about developing others. I wrote this post to our fabulous and diverse and talented participants in our Train-the-Trainer program (we held the training at the beautiful Omega Institute) to share why my core workshop is so necessary for women now—how their role as certified “Take The Leaders” can accelerate women’s advancement to leadership parity.
Read MoreIt seems that stereotypes about women, what they want to do for work and what women can do for work has produced roadblocks to entry for millions of women in scores of different fields. Yet some women have gone against stereotype to do what they dream of doing. And scored big.
Read MoreAt a recent networking event, I talked to a group of male bankers. They were saying: “We’d definitely like to see more women leadership in the higher echelons of our organization. But we can’t find enough women who want to move up to the top.”
Read MorePerhaps file this first piece under “Unhelpful Advice,” along with the tidbits from your great aunt who tells you that you’re much prettier when you don’t speak. Because that surely does not help women leaders.
Read MoreI’m getting tired of the modern work-life conversation—including the “can women have it all?” question—because so much of it is self-defeating. That’s because it often starts from the premise that we either need to choose between being good parents and being good workers or else have to make strategic sacrifices in order to keep both sides of that equation properly “integrated” or in “balance.”
Read MoreThe top companies in the country where a woman may snag a promotion to the manager level and also be able to be on the board of directors may surprise you. The companies named by the National Association for Female Executives and Working Mother magazine are spread across many fields and disciplines and include tech, branding, cosmetics, research and more, according to a new list of the best 60 companies in the U.S. for executive women.
Read MoreAs a way to celebrate Black History month, Take The Lead welcomed author and leadership strategist Dr. Avis Jones-DeWeever recently to Virtual Happy Hour. Dr. Jones-De Weever is an expert on race, gender, the economy and the creator of The Exceptional Leadership Institute for Women. Named to theGrio 100, recognized by the Women’s Media Center as one of 30 women making history, and acknowledged by BET as one of the most influential women in Washington, Dr. Jones- DeWeever’s mission aligns with Take The Lead to achieve leadership parity across every sector by 2025.
