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Email Like a Boss: This Gmail Plug-in Helps You Type with Confidence

Along with hitting the gym more often and finally finishing that David Foster Wallace novel (right?!), my big resolution for 2016 was to simply be more confident. Strengthening one’s style of speech is a big step towards projecting more confidence. Rather than interjecting with, “Sorry, but I think there might be another way to consider that problem,” I’ll say, “I have an alternative solution.” Not bad, right? And now this same type of filter now exists for your emails in the form of Just Not Sorry.

Best 10 (or 12!) of 2015 from Take The Lead’s Blog

How many Top 10 lists can dance on the head of a pin?

As 2015 disappears into the sunset, my email box and social media feeds, like yours, swarm with retrospective lists—the top 15 best books of the year, the best gender lens investing articles, the 5 best and 5 worst movies, the 22 most badass feminist tweets.

Subha Barry on Juggling Career, Motherhood, and Everything Else

Our second Virtual Happy Hour this month featured Subha Barry, the VP and General Manager of Working Mother Media. Subha spoke with Gloria Feldt on how to win what she calls the “juggle struggle” over the years, with plenty examples from her own personal life. View the entire conversation here.

The Big Leadership Flip: From Empower to Power

There are many reasons why I work with Take The Lead, but my favorite is that we help women leaders use what we’ve already got (that’s power tool #3!) rather than desperately searching outside of ourselves for that elusive thing to transform our lives and careers.

Dr. Nancy O’Reilly’s Advice on How To Work Together Better

As our holiday gift this season, we hosted an additional Virtual Happy Hour with Dr Nancy O’Reilly, President of Women Connect4Good, who spoke on how the combined power of women support each other can lead to extraordinary things.

Women’s Leadership and Financial Performance: More Good News

Investment research firm MSCI has analyzed the 2,400 companies in its World Index and concluded the same thing as everyone else: companies with more women in leadership perform better financially.

Should Parents Work or Stay Home? Americans Say It’s a Matter of Circumstance

Are you tired of the supposed ongoing “war” between working mothers and stay-at-home mothers? Then you’re going to like this piece of news: a study from researchers at Penn and NYU suggests that most Americans take a much more nuanced view of working parents’ choices than the headlines would have us believe.

For the First Time in Forever, a Woman Is Person of the Year

TIME announced last week that German Chancellor Angela Merkel is its Person of the Year for 2015. Good for Angela Merkel, you may be thinking, but why is this big news to Take The Lead?

Are You Really An Entrepreneur?

Being your own boss is at the heart of the American Dream. No wonder it is such a common fantasy. The idea of ownership taps into our profound longing for riches and freedom – freedom from bosses, restrictive policies, glass ceilings, and everything else that robs you of rewards, both

Mattel Made an Ava DuVernay Barbie That Sold Out in Minutes

In case you missed it, a Barbie doll in the likeness of director Ava DuVernay (of Selma fame) has been flying across the web. Earlier this year Mattel created and launched a line of six new Barbie dolls (honoring real women leaders for their contributions to society) in partnership with Variety’s Power of Women Luncheon. The dolls were to be produced in limited amounts for charity. On Monday, December 7th, the Ava doll was released and quickly sold out, within just its first hour. Proceeds from the doll went to The Color of Change and WITNESS.

Movement Building, Propel: Take The Lead ...Lex SchroederDecember 8, 2015film, representation, Take The Lead This WeekComment

Your Right to Breast Pump at Your 9 to 5

“My child was nursing frequently before I went back to work,” said mom Catherine. “I knew going back to work, my office did not have the proper accommodations for all the breast milk I had to pump to keep up with my baby’s demand during the day.” This is the story of every new working mom.

Pentagon: Women Are Free to Fight for Our Freedom

Remember back in August, when First Lieutenant Shayne Haver and Captain Kristen Griest became the first women to graduate from the notoriously grueling Army Ranger School? That was pretty cool, right? But there was still one big barrier remaining for them: graduating the intensive leadership course does not actually make you an Army Ranger. Despite proving themselves to be qualified and prepared for a ranger’s responsibilities, as women, Haver and Griest were still not allowed to be considered for entry into the elite fighting force within Army special operations. That officially changed last Thursday.

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