Take the Lead prepares and propels women to reach leadership parity. In reaching that goal, it’s important for all women from diverse cultures and ethnicities have equal opportunities to fill these spaces. But as Catalyst reports, only 4.8 percent of Fortune 500 CEO women hold positions and another too-tiny percentage (a whopping 5.2 percent) hold Fortune 1000 CEO positions. How can this really be 2014 (nearly 2015) in America?
Read MoreJournalist Sheila Weller triggered the gossip machine with her new book The News Sorority: Diane Sawyer, Katie Couric, Christiane Amanpour—and the (ongoing, Imperfect, Complicated) Triumph of Women in TV News, when she reported on C-word #1: competition between the three female newsmedia icons.
Read MoreOne of the most important things a leader can do is create a culture in which it’s safe to express doubts and fears, make mistakes, and admit failure. Such a culture yields four powerful rewards.
It encourages people to acknowledge rather than hide their vulnerabilities and allows them to see that they’re not alone —
I led a women’s executive leadership workshop on “Women, Power, and Authentic Leadership” recently. A business school professor presented just before me, so I arrived early to observe her segment.
She’s a highly skilled communicator who presented terrific content.
Read MoreDoing anything “like a girl” has long been a harsh yet common insult to girls and women. Think back to grade school P.E. class or recess – the term was probably thrown around too many a time during those lovely, enriching games of dodge ball or kickball.
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Read MoreJust 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,
Read MoreJust the other day, I revisited the inspiring and igniting speech Carla Harris gave at the Take The Lead launch this spring at Arizona State University. Each time I hear her speech, I find a new message, I sing a new tune, and I define a new motto. This time around my new message, tune and motto are glued to one aspect: authenticity.
Read MoreMany people did not know the wonderful ballerina Misty Copeland until her debut in the first commercial released for Under Armour’s “I Will What I Want” campaign. It begins with Copeland flexing her impressive array of muscles to stand en pointe as the voiceover of a young girl reads a rejection letter from a ballet company telling her she had the wrong body and that she was too old.
Read MoreI was savoring my grilled salmon salad recently when my lunch partner’s casual comment made me drop my fork and get serious.
“They’ve asked me to be board chair at the Brooklyn Museum, I’d be the first woman in their 100-year history. But I don’t know if I can do it,” Elizabeth Sackler said. “What do you think I should do?”
Read MoreDid you know that tomorrow is #WomensEqualityDay? Women’s Equality Day celebrates the ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920, which gave women in the U.S. the right to vote. This is indeed cause for celebration. But in this quest for leadership parity (especially if we are to acco
Read MoreDuring our most recent collaboration with The New York Times, we focused on women business owners at the helm of food-oriented ventures. (See “Why We Care About Female Chefs.”) The restaurant world some of them inhabit is anything but sweet, however. Women trying to work their way up
Read MoreFor any avid athlete who’s tried a million and two sports, you know the pain and strife of a changing body that you have next to no control over.
I rode horses for seven years and played water polo for two, meaning that I felt I had the thighs of a lumberjack. I was constantly evading the mirrors, and if I did look, I almost never liked what I saw.
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