Identify a gap and take direct action: this is how companies move the dial for women’s leadership. Omnicom, one of the world’s leading marketing services groups, announced this month that it will bring Omniwomen, an initiative to increase the number and influence of female leaders in the Omnicom network, to the UK.
Read MoreUN Women is sorry if they gave Uber wrong idea, but they just want everyone to know that they were never officially together. Ten days after Uber announced a partnership with UN Women to create 1 million new jobs for women as drivers, UN Women backed out, stating that a formal partnership with the ride-sharing startup never existed in the first place.
Read MoreYou can’t make this stuff up: during a SXSW panel that focused on diversity in tech, Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt and Steve Jobs biographer Walter Isaacson repeatedly interrupted fellow panelist Megan Smith (the CTO of the United States of America, no less)—and then were publicly called on that behavior by Judith Williams, the head of the Unconscious Bias program at Schmidt’s own company.
Read MoreHave you ever wondered why some people seem to get a free pass? Their mistakes are minimized and their achievements maximized. Doors open for them, and they enjoy the spotlight without a tremendous amount of fanfare. They may or may not be as competent and talented as you are, but everything seems to work in their favor.
Read MoreIt’s rare for a woman today to have just one title. Many of us are balancing between multiple roles: Writer. Business Owner. Chef. Mother. Volunteer. Driver. Organizer. The list goes on.
Read MoreDear Readers and Leaders,
It’s Women’s History Month and I have a personal question:
Are you wearing Spanx? Me too. And yes, there is a connection.
Read MoreOn Tuesday, March 3rd, Take The Lead hosted Morgan Stanley banker and gospel singer Carla Harris as the first guest in our 2015 Virtual Happy Hour series. Throughout the session, Carla wowed participants with a master class on being yourself at work and strategizing for success. A few of our favorite pearls of wisdom from the evening are below.
Read MoreIn life we all have many titles, whether they be student, employee, friend, child. Society tends to judge us based on the titles we hold. If you’re the CEO, it’s assumed you’re living a life where you’re well off and you don’t have a care in the world. If you have a low-income job it’s assumed you didn’t go to college. If you’re a college athlete, it’s assumed you’re arrogant. If you’re a supporter of equal rights, it’s assumed you’re homosexual. If you’re a woman, it’s assumed you’re not and never will be equal to men. And if you’re a feminist, you automatically hate men.
Read MoreWhen women embrace their power to lead and have the tools and support to do so, they make choices that change history. Just let that idea sink in for a minute. (It’s that second part—tools and support—that’s all too easy to forget.)
Read MoreAt 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.
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