At its heart, Take The Lead’s #25not95 campaign is about action and solutions. If we’re going to get to leadership parity by 2025—70 years ahead of the World Economic Forum’s current predictions—we need concrete steps we can take right away to start working towards our goal. And we need a clear vision to guide us.
Read MoreRead MoreTo celebrate the launch of #25not95, a campaign to propel us to leadership parity in ten years, we asked leaders across all sectors to tell us: why is women’s leadership important? Their responses contain many promising avenues for how we can advocate powerfully for women’s leadership in the years ahead.
What does “moving the dial for women in leadership” mean—really?
I get that question frequently. Sometimes it comes with a bit of attitude, followed by the assertion that “I don’t want to be a CEO.”
So what does it mean to “move the dial for women in leadership”? Here are three stories to illustrate how I think about it—I’d love to hear your take, too.
Read MoreFebruary 19th is the anniversary of TTL’s launch event, so I want to revisit last year’s panel on women in the media with six trailblazing women: Julie Burton, Karen Finney, Erica Gonzalez, Aminatou Sow, Pat Mitchell, and Kristin Gilger.
Read MoreWe are thrilled to announce the launch of TAKE THE LEAD THIS WEEK, with news, advice, and inspiration to advance women’s leadership.
Read MoreRead MoreFebruary is Heart Month. I had the honor of keynoting an American Heart Association Go Red for Women Leadership Forum event in New York, which Take The Lead co-sponsored. Heart disease is insidious, and because women are less likely than men to be symptomatic, it’s critically important to know our risks and symptoms. Here’s the essence of my speech.
Remember that great Fortune column by Warren Buffett a few years ago on how women are the world’s greatest untapped resource and the key to America’s economic prosperity? We might return to it as we think about what makes startups successful.
Read More“Dad, why does that sign say ‘Men Working’? Isn’t that sexist?”
My thirteen-year-old daughter and I are driving to the store, and there is road work ahead.
“Yes,” I sigh.
“Then why does it still exist?”
Read MoreOn Wednesday, Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgenson completed their grueling 19-day climb to the top of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park. And I was mesmerized. But why?
Read MoreNew research from Approved Index, a UK-based B2B lead generation company, has disappointing news for the UK’s female entrepreneurs: the number of women on the boards of the UK’s top 100 startups has been continuously declining since 2010. In 2014, female representation at the director level stood at a meagre 8.37%. Compare that to the boards of the FTSE 100 Index, which includes many of the largest and most traditional companies in the UK. The FTSE 100 have witnessed incredible growth in female board representation: women now make up 22.8% of the FTSE 100’s board members.
Read MoreEvery New Year inevitably brings a fresh wave of optimistic resolutions. We’re definitely going to eat better this year—no more flour, or sugar, or salt, or trans fats, and definitely no fructose. We’re going to exercise every day while simultaneously reading big books on important topics. And we’re going to volunteer to be a class parent. Oh, and we’re determined that this is the year when we’re going to lead fearlessly.
Read MoreAt Take The Lead, we work from a solutions mindset to support women in taking their fair share of leadership positions across the board by 2025.
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