Take The Lead Challenge Event Featuring Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook COO & Lean In Author, Available FREE On-line Livestream Nationwide
Read MoreFrom toddlerhood to CEO, female leaders must contend with the word bossy, aka, bitch.
Read MoreEver get tired of talking? Wish you could talk about what you really wanted to talk about? Get frustrated with people who just don’t listen?
Read MoreIf I could wave a magic wand and name one wish, I’d wish for patience. I have my dad to thank for that.
Read More(New York, NY) – Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook and author of Lean In, headlines at the Take The Lead launch of a new initiative to prepare, develop, inspire, and propel women to take their fair share of leadership positions by 2025. The ticketed event takes place February 19, 2014 at Gammage Auditorium, Arizona State University, Tempe from 6 to 8:30 p.m. MST. It is open to the public and available FREE, nationwide on-line livestream.
Read MoreWhat has been the most meaningful, transformative change you’ve made, not just experienced from outside forces, in your life?
Read MoreI interviewed Schnall to learn more about her approach to putting together the book, her thoughts on the progress women and men have made on the issue thus far, and what she’s learned from nearly 20 years working for gender equality. This is part 2 of our conversation. Read part 1 here.
Read MoreShannon Eastin is the first woman to referee a National Football League game.
During the 2008 presidential election, Marianne Schnall’s then 8 year old daughter asked her, “Why haven’t we ever had a woman president?” Unable to provide an answer, Schnall set out on a journey to find one. A widely published writer and interviewer, and Founder of Feminist.com, Schnall interviewed influential leaders and thinkers across all sectors for her book, What Will It Take to Make a Woman President: Conversations About Women, Leadership and Power (Seal Press, November 2013). These conversations explore what needs to change in order to finally elect a woman into the White House.
Read MoreDr. Danielle N. Lee blogs at Scientific American’s website as The Urban Scientist, writing on issues of urban ecology, evolutionary biology & diversity in the sciences. In 2009, she was named the Diversity Scholars Award recipient by the American Institute of Biological Sciences for her contributions to science and promoting diversity within the field.
Read MoreLast week, I had the opportunity to work with a leadership team at a high tech company in California. The goal was to build trusting relationships across the team and to focus on future opportunities for the business. I stayed behind one of the days to observe some of the leaders take part in a “career board of directors” panel. “What is that?” you might ask. It’s a new program they’re trying out, designed to give career advice and increased visibility to junior staff within the organization. What transpired next surprised me…
Read MoreMy oldest son is about to turn forty-five and that’s prompted me to reflect on how far women have come since his birth in early 1969.
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