How Would You Like an Extra Million Dollars?

Issue 194 — March 21, 2022

That’s a no-brainer, right? But I’m serious. Studies have shown that women lose between $400,000 and over $1,000,000 cumulatively over a lifetime of work in comparison with men in equal jobs with equal experience. You deserve to be paid fairly and equally to others with your qualifications.

Equal Pay Day was March 15 this year. Saying that women make on average 83 cents to men’s $1 is an oversimplification because there are huge variances based on race and ethnicity.

The SumGloria FeldtMarch 21, 2022Pay Gap, Gender Equality, WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTHComment

“When there are nine” and other powerful quotes about gender equality from Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Issue 143 — September 28, 2020

She was tiny. She was mighty. She was a brilliant legal strategist. She was lovingly dubbed “notorious” for her groundbreaking advances for women’s equality, autonomy, and therefore our power within society.

Yet U. S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg broke boundaries gently. Never wavering from her revolutionary vision of gender equality, she believed in making big change in small increments.

“Real change, enduring change, happens one step at a time.”

Hillary Clinton Caught Up with Me on The Subject of Power

Issue 142 — September 14, 2020

Don’t get the wrong idea. I have great respect for Hillary Clinton, and she has been a woman ahead of her time in many ways. But her recent essay shows she has caught up with my core message about women’s relationship with power. Let me roll back the tape and tell you what I mean.

You know that great song in the musical “Hamilton” — “The Room Where It Happens?”

I was in the room where it happened 25 years ago. Two rooms where it happened, actually.

And the experience was life changing. World changing even. But that was then.

The SumGloria FeldtSeptember 14, 2020Hillary Clinton, Women Leaders, Power To You, women's rights, Gender EqualityComment

Conventional Women: Non-Partisan RNC, DNC Highlights of Women Leaders

The virtual national conventions for both the Democratic and Republican parties were unprecedented and historic in many ways.

Due to COVID-19, there were no in-person gatherings of throngs of delegates, speakers and supporters wearing funny hats and carrying signs. The handling of videos, recorded vignettes plus live and recorded speeches lent a tone of slick production values to both recent weeks of conventions.

Women’s History Month: How Will You Make History?

As March was declared by U.S. Congress in 1987 as Women’s History Month—lengthened from the original week seven years earlier—it is time in 2020 to salute this year’s theme, “Valiant Women of the Vote.” In an election year that will likely not see a woman as a final presidential candidate, the theme can expand to include the past of women who fought for voting parity as well as the present and future advocates for voting women and equality.

#IWD2020: mystery, history, and 3 ways to use your gift of the present to advance gender equality

Issue 122 — March 9, 2020

The quote has been attributed to many people. But since March is Women’s History Month and I’m writing on March 8, International Women’s Day , I’m going with Eleanor Roosevelt: “Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, and today is a gift… that’s why they call it the present.”

The SumGloria FeldtMarch 9, 2020Gender Equality, Take The Lead, Gloria Feldt, Womens Leadership, International Womens DayComment

Each For Equal: Take The Lead Aligns With Missions of International Women’s Day

It’s time each of us moved toward making equality a global reality, collectively and individually. Later this week on March 9, International Women’s Day turns 109 years old, defined as a “global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women - while also marking a call to action for accelerating gender equality.”

Tell The Power Story: Power Up Conference Keynoter Leads Panel of 3 Arizona Mayors

Telling your story is a lot more than just saying what happened. It can be a powerful tool to advance your career and connect to community. “Stories have to service the community,” says Megan Finnerty, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, director of the Storytellers Brand Studio, founder and director of the USA TODAY Storytellers Project and moderator of the Power Up Conference panel, “Why Women Should Take The Lead in Politics.”

Oscars so mellow, Jane Fonda is an icon, Parasite rules, a musical female first but Natalie Portman shows not so much progress

Miky Lee perked me up from nearly nodding off toward the end of my friend’s Oscar party. While the staging was gorgeous, the tone had been much mellower than last year’s symbolic #metoo moments and other years when full throated political declarations ripped the air.

Even the iconic Jane Fonda, who most recently has been getting arrested weekly to raise awareness for climate change, stuck with the script as she presented the best picture Oscar.

The Power To Change Is Yours: Power Up Conference Is Jet Fuel For Your Career

You can definitely find scores of reasons to attend Take The Lead’s “Power Up: Igniting The Intentional Leader Within” conference later this month in Scottsdale, Az. What you can’t find is a reason not to attend. Gloria Feldt, co-founder and president of Take The Lead, will be revealing for the first time to conference attendees leadership power tools she has been developing.

Blown Away.

If you weren’t in this “room where it happened,” you’ll definitely want to be there next year. I’m talking about the World Woman Summit where I had the honor of being the opening keynote last week. But it almost didn’t happen, for me at least.

The SumGloria FeldtNovember 25, 2019The Sum, World Woman Summit, Gender Equality, Intention, Redefine RulesComment

Who Edits History?

I have been secretary of almost every organization I’ve ever belonged to. It started with when I was a Girl Scout. I suppose I was chosen to be secretary because throughout elementary school I carried around a notebook and pencil to write stories. And I quickly learned that she who holds the pencil gets to tell the story of the meeting her way, even with the constrictions of Roberts Rules of Order.

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