Forbes Releases 2015 Women Power Rankings

Hillary Clinton isn’t the most powerful woman in the world, but she’s oh-so-close. According to Forbes, that title still belongs to German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who has held the top spot in their rankings since 2011. Hillary is right behind her at No. 2, and would certainly top the list if she became president, but with the U.S. general election a long 17 months away we’d be surprised if either Merkel or Clinton budges at all in next year’s rankings. At this rate, everyone else in 2016 will be fighting for third place.

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Harvard Business School Launches New Gender Initiative

Some of the brightest researchers in the country are joining forces to tackle gender bias, Avengers-style. Harvard Business School announced a new Gender Initiative last week “to support research, teaching, and knowledge dissemination that promotes gender equity in business and society.”

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Study: First Two Years Are Critical for Women’s Career Ambitions

How much of a difference can two years make? If you’re a young woman just entering the workforce, it turns out the answer is: a lot.

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Congressman Introduces Gender Diversity Investment Act

Someone in Congress has been reading the same research we have about the business case for women in leadership, and is doing something about it. Last Tuesday, Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA) introduced the Gender Diversity Investment Act, which would encourage federal workers to invest in companies with female executives.

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What’s Your Dating Story? It Matters to Your Career.

(This is the third installment in a series on telling stories about yourself. The first is about key work narratives. The second is about service narratives.)

Tell Us: What’s Your Power Number?

In her last blog post, Gloria described an exercise that’s become a staple of her in-person Power Tools workshops: she asks participants, “On a scale of one to ten, how would you rate your relationship with power?” One means “I don’t like or feel comfortable about power at all” and ten is “I love having and using power.”

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“Dude, let me finish”: Jessica Bennett Virtual Happy Hour Recap

On May 13th, journalist Jessica Bennett sat down with Take The Lead president Gloria Feldt for a Virtual Happy Hour chat on “manterrupting”—that is, “unnecessary interruption of a woman by a man.” If you’re a woman in the workforce, you’ve probably experienced it at least once, and Jessica shared her insights on how best to deal with it, gained from both her years of writing about gender and business and her own personal experience.

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Female-Led VC Firm Has a Nice Chunk of Change In Its Pocket

$150 million, to be exact. That’s the size of the initial fund raised by Aspect Ventures, Silicon Valley’s first female-led venture capital firm.

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We Used to Have Gender Equality…50,000 Years Ago

Think sexual inequality has been around for all of human history? Think again. A new study in Science suggests that our prehistoric ancestors actually operated an egalitarian society for tens of thousands of years.

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This Is How Not to Do Diversity Training

Austin, Texas recently elected the first majority-female city council in the city’s history, with seven women and four men. City manager Marc Ott thought that meant it was time for some diversity training—which is when things started to resemble a scene out of The Office.

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How to Talk Your Way into the Right Volunteer Opportunity

Some call it volunteerism. Some say it’s advocacy. Some label it leadership.

It can happen at school, in your neighborhood, at your temple, or at your local rec center.

New Dads Do Less Housework Once the Baby’s Born

The Council of Contemporary Families marked Mother’s Day by rounding up some recent studies on the housework gender divide, and the results are a mixed bag.

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