Celebrate 8: Take The Lead’s Legacy of Action and Solutions Toward Equity Leads to 2022 Power Up Conference

“Let’s all raise our voices together for women’s leadership parity. There’s a lot of power in speaking up together. It’s time.”

Gloria Feldt, co-founder and president of Take The Lead with co-founder Amy Litzenberger, made that bold declaration eight years ago at the launch of Take The Lead. This was a 2014 event for participants in person at Arizona State University, and also live streaming to 42 countries and an aggregate audience of one million.

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Get Ready: Make The Right Move To The Boardroom With These Tips

Shannon Gordon, CEO of theBoardlist, told a group of close to 75 women board of directors hopefuls at a recent Chicago “Board Essentials for Women” event at PNC Bank Illinois, that you better be sure you know what you are signed up to do, because your commitment to a board needs to last.

Change LeadershipMichele WeldonDecember 3, 2018gender equality, Leadership, leadership parity, Michele Weldon, women on boardsComment

Open House: 6 Leadership Lessons From Top Women In Real Estate

The real estate industry, though it has a majority of certified female realtors, has yet to reach parity in leadership roles, especially in the commercial sector.

Career choices, Tools and TipsJanice MeyerOctober 5, 2018female entrepreneurs, Leadership, leadership parityComment

Leader of The Pack: 7 Leadership Styles To Choose For You, Your Team

If you are new to leadership or if you are considering shifting, polishing or adding a new leadership style, here are seven distinct leadership styles you can adopt.It’s best to lead in a style that feels authentic and close to your way of thinking and doing.

6 Tips For Career Growth From 1st Female President of School of Art Institute

Inspirational Role ModelsMichele WeldonFebruary 5, 2018art, education, gender parity, leadership parity, Michele Weldon, women leaders Comments

Open Season on Open Seats: Making Progress With Women Leaders on Boards

Change LeadershipMichele WeldonJanuary 5, 2018gender equality, Leadership, leadership parity, Michele Weldon, women on boardsComment

Leadership Ambassadors Tackle Take The Lead Day and Win With Powertopia

Twelve of the more than 20 certified Take The Lead Leadership Ambassador trainers around the country provided a specialized sneak peek of their training at a wide variety of workshops, webinars and panels to align with the mission of Take The Lead Day, the global day of action to reach gender parity by 2025.

Go Right Ahead: GoDaddy Aims to Fix Promotion, Opportunity, Gender Pay Gap

“Go fix it.”

That would be Katee VanHorn’s motto as vice president of engagement and inclusion at GoDaddy, Inc., the world’s largest cloud platform company with 63 million domain names and 14.5 million customers.

ParityMichele WeldonMarch 31, 2017business, Career, Equal Pay Day, equality, female entrepreneurs, leadership parity, Michele WeldonComment

For All The Reasons You Gave: Thank You!

Dear Friend,

I can’t stop reading your emails, messages and social media posts filled with passion, power and purpose in support of leadership parity. Our shared mission to ensure women reach equality in the workplace and have the resources they need to achieve their goals has truly never been more important.

Legal Wrangling: Closing The Gender Pay Gap For Women Lawyers

Sure, Viola Davis portraying Analise Keating, the brilliant attorney and law professor in ABC-TV’s “How To Get Away With Murder” may have changed the image of successful female lawyers, but women attorneys in this country in real life are not getting away with much.

Career successMichele WeldonOctober 31, 2016Career, leadership parity, pay gap, Women in Law, women leadersComment

A is For Ambition: How and Why Women Leaders Can Claim It Without Apology

Being happy is not the sole, top professional goal for me, nor for many women leaders I know. It’s a welcome and worthwhile byproduct of a productive, meaningful life, not the whole point.

Don't Blame It On Rio: Strong Leadership Lessons to Learn From Olympians

When I was about 10 years old, six-time Olympic medalist Amanda Beard visited my community swim team. We all sat by the pool as she passed around one of her medals and spoke to us about discipline, passion, hard work and the importance of giving it your all.

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