Is it Tuesday or Thursday? Are you mixing up your days of the week working from home?
Due to the COVID-19 shelter from home mandate for millions now working remotely from home, the challenges of isolation, distractions, interruptions, family duties and more are crossing the lines literally from work and home.
Read MoreMillions of us are testing the limits of our own strength—physically, emotionally, mentally—whether in isolation, working from home or facing the enormous challenges of essential work and the multi-dimensional threats of COVID-19.
Read MoreMost everyone I know has an income shift or even income elimination due to the shelter in place mandate due to COVID-19. So many in event planning, retail, hospitality, restaurants, and pretty much anything that requires other people and is considered non-essential have been laid off, or their income streams have dropped.
Read MoreIf only you had the time to write. Maybe now you just might.
Millions across the country are WFH—working from home—and have been for the past several weeks. They will be sheltering in place for several more weeks or months perhaps during the COVID-19 pandemic. Many at the same time are e-schooling children, caring for family members and partners.
Read MoreDuring this unpredictable time of great personal and professional upheaval with threats to the health and economic security of millions, it is a good time to step up and give back.
Particularly if you are in a position where you have not been wiped out or depleted by COVID-19 and its consequences, you can use your resources to help others.
Read MoreWe hear you at Take The Lead, that your world has turned upside down personally and professionally in the past month due to the COVID-19 crisis. It has put us through some changes too. But Take The Lead wants you to know we have the content you need to get you through this.
Absolutely we hope you and your loved ones are healthy and we don’t dare diminish t he severity of this global pandemic. Take The Lead acknowledges the severe disruptions to your daily life and your career.
Read MoreThe crisis COVID-19 presents to everyone across the globe is dramatic, life-changing and career-shifting. At Take The Lead, hearing some good news about women who make news can be a welcome pivot. A comprehensive report from the inaugural 50 Women Can Change The World in Journalism program reveals remarkable results.
Read MoreAll of us—we can assume—want to be good at what we do.
Many of us understand fully the need for validation, applause and recognition in the workplace. A nod from the manager, an email from the boss. It matters.
Read MoreAs 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.
Read MoreIt’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.”
Read MoreTelling 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.”
Read MoreOh no, he didn’t. When Jamia Wilson was an undergraduate at American University majoring in broadcast journalism, an older white male professor emeritus called her into his office over what he called “a cause for concern.” Wilson, now Executive Director and Publisher of Feminist Press at City University of New York, knew it was not about her grades, her work, her performance or anything she could imagine.
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