Modeling Collaboration, Take The Lead and Fem Inc. Share “Leadership Fictions”

Take The Lead cofounder Amy Litzenberger and I had the pleasure of joining Fem Inc. on a webchat recently on modeling collaboration.

Gloria FeldtMay 16, 2013Amy Litzenberger, Gloria Feldt, Meghana Bhatt, Rachel Payne, Smart Women Take The Lead, SWTTL, TTL, WomenComment

Jealous when you see another woman succeed? It’s not just you.

I participated in a workshop recently in which a woman I had just met and already admired shared a story about a time she saw a colleague step into her power and use her voice and instead of being happy for her, just felt angry and jealous.

Lex SchroederMay 14, 2013 Comments

Drowning in Unsolicited Advice? Victoria Pynchon Tells How to “Take the Lead” to Shuck It

Women in the age of AnneMarieSlaughterSherylSandbergMarissaMayer are drowning in a sea of unsolicited advice.

Why Consider Community Colleges When Seeking Career Change?

If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.

Take The LeadMay 9, 2013AAUW, Career, Choices, College, Community College, Leadership, Women Comment

Authentic Leadership, Yes, But for What Purpose?

For a long time I’ve been fascinated with words (written or spoken) that you’d expect to pack a punch, but end up falling short.

Why Work Isn’t Everything, Though It Touches Everything Else

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.

Lex SchroederApril 30, 2013Career, Gloria Feldt, Lean In, Sheryl Sandberg, Women, Work, Work/Life Balance Comments

Notice! Leadership Power Tools Webinar Postponed

We want to thank each of you who expressed interest in Take The Lead’s first webinar series, “Gloria Feldt’s 9 Practical Leadership Power Tools to Advance Your Career.”

Gloria FeldtApril 28, 2013Power, Power Tools, WebinarComment

The Women’s Internet History Project: Looking Back to Help Move Forward

Women’s History Month was in March, so why think about our history now? Why leave our history up to others?

Tery SpataroApril 24, 2013History, Internet, Leadership, Power, Women, WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH Comments

In the Wake of Violence, Notes On Power, Powerlessness and Voice

“Speak truth to power” is a popular slogan these days. In a democracy, what about the responsibility of power to speak truth? -Ursula K. Le Guin

New Webinar! Take The Lead Teaches: Gloria Feldt’s 9 Practical Power Tools To Advance Your Career

Calling all women! Take The Lead is offering our first webinar, and we are eager to tell you all about what it can do for you! It’s “Take The Lead Teaches: Gloria Feldt’s 9 Practical Power Tools To Advance Your Career.”

Gloria FeldtApril 22, 2013Gloria Feldt, Leadership, Power, Power Tools, Webinar, Women Comment

Sandberg: Are You Bossy or Merely Showing Leadership Skills?

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.

Making Women’s Leadership Work Visible, Starting New Conversations

A few months ago at a community dialogue in Harlem I listened to someone tell a story about how just because you don’t see a social movement happening in the ways you might hope, this doesn’t mean it isn’t happening.

Lex SchroederApril 16, 2013Civil Rights, Community, Dialogue, Difference, Leadership, Women Comments

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