(This is the third installment in a series on telling stories about yourself. The first is about key work narratives. The second is about service narratives.)
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Just as I was getting tired of talking about the necessity of women’s leadership – ever have the same feeling? – 13 year old Mo’Né Davis showed up, threw a 70 mph fastball, and reminded me why I care.
Women are people, she reminded me,
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We sat at the table. We were of various ages, from Baby Boomers to Millennials. We represented different backgrounds, races, and cultures. We held diversified corporate positions and sat together at the table.
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Here’s the truth: women need to help other women and in order to do that confidence is a factor we need to focus on. The lack of confidence that women have in their abilities is by no means the entire reason for gender inequality, but it is certainly a factor in the equation.
I am sure by now most of you have heard of “The Confidence Gap” piece that showed up in The Atlantic on April 14th and then subsequently all of the backlash from that article.
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Happy Equal Pay Day!
Seriously, there is such a thing as equal pay day, and it’s today, April 8.
What’s going on with equal pay anyway? Isn’t it a thing of the past since women have achieved relative parity in the workforce?
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On the last day of this Women’s History Month in 2014, I wanted to commemorate some women making history in the present day. While it is always important to celebrate the women who have paved the path and laid the foundation for my fellow sisters and I to continue to blaze trails and break glass ceilings, history is in the making every single day, and the women’s movement looks very different now in how women are choosing to rewrite the narrative. Women’s leadership takes many forms and I want to share with you three women who are using their power to advance women and change the conversation:
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On my reading list for this winter is Marianne Schnall’s What Will It Take To Make a Woman President? In my dialogue work, my colleagues and I think a lot about which questions have the power to spur people to action and we often arrive at questions starting with this same “What will it take…” set-up.
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Women in the age of AnneMarieSlaughterSherylSandbergMarissaMayer are drowning in a sea of unsolicited advice.
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In case you missed it, Sheryl Sandberg’s brand of feminism continues to draw controversy, which as we know from Gloria Feldt is a good thing as controversy draws attention to a cause and nudges us all toward greater clarity.
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I shared this photo of Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg from the Take The Lead Facebook page (please go like the page right now, so that Take The Lead will earn a dollar!) onto my own Facebook page.
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A wise woman once told me that we write the book we need to read. Was that ever true for me! Writing No Excuses: 9 Ways Women Can Change How We Think About Power forced me to confront my pattern of giving away power, and that shook me to my core.
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