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Marcia Reynolds on What It Takes to Turn Tough Workplace Conversations into Transformational Ones

We had a great start to our signature Virtual Happy Hours for 2016 with leadership coach and communication expert Dr. Marcia Reynolds, author of The Discomfort Zone: How Leaders Turn Difficult Conversations into Breakthroughs. Her passion for how the human brain works inspired her to conduct research on how people react to those difficult conversations at work that worry everyone. She talks about how to make way for “maximum gain with minimum pain” in those tough conversations so they end up being transformational.

On Martin Luther King Day, What We Can Learn from Dr. King About Embracing Real Power

“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is: What are you doing for others?” – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Today, as we commemorate the great Martin Luther King, let’s take a moment to not only listen to his words of wisdom again, but to stop and think about what meaning they hold in our own lives.

Mars Might Beat Earth to Leadership Parity

But that’s only because half of NASA’s latest astronaut class is female, and they’re training for a mission that could see them visit Earth’s nearest neighbor in 15 years.

Apple: Leadership Diversity Is Such a Pain

With only two non-white members on its eight-person board of directors, Apple, Inc.’s diversity problem isn’t quite on the level of the 2016 Oscars, but it definitely has room for improvement.

Julianne HelinekJanuary 17, 2016driving change, leadership parity, Take The Lead This Week, women on boardsComment

Taiwan Elects Its First Female President

Last July we wrote about how Taiwan was on the verge of electing a female president for the first time in its history, with both major political parties nominating female candidates. Over the weekend the island made it official by voting Tsai Ing-wen of the Democratic Progressive Party into office.Tsai won 56 percent of the vote in what the Economist is calling a “landslide that will change Chinese politics.”

Women Are Creating Brilliant New Apps, Here's How to Do It

Have you ever had an amazing idea for an App and were overwhelmed with the idea of getting started? When I decided it was time to build an App for my business Moms Pump Here my first thought was I need to hire someone for this. There was no way I, or my business partner, was going to be able to undergo the process ourselves and maintain our sanity.

Prepare: Take The Lead...Priya NembhardJanuary 15, 2016App, Moms Pump Here, Priya Nembhard, technology, ToolsComment

Emma Watson Continues to Use Her Celebrity for Good

If you’re anything like us, you were also jumping for joy when you heard that UN Women Goodwill ambassador Emma Watson gave us one doozy of a New Year’s present: a feminist book club dubbed “Our Shared Shelf.”

Heather Sarsons Fights to Make Sure Women Economists Get Credit

A new finding by Harvard PhD candidate Heather Sarsons is making waves in the world of economics, particularly in the world of published women economists.

Lauren ModianoJanuary 11, 2016economics, equality, gender bias, Heather Sarsons, Lauren Modiano, Movement building, women in the workplaceComment

A Real Live Woman Joins the Late Night Lineup!

If you’re like me, and you’ve always been more of a Colbert Report connoisseur than a Daily Show devotee, there’s a good chance you hadn’t even heard of late night’s newest kid on the block until recently. But it has been impossible to escape one name as of late: Samantha Bee.

Professional Sports See a Surge in Women’s Employment in 2015

Unsurprisingly, men’s professional sports have historically been a boy’s club. However, in a sweep of groundbreaking new hiring decisions, 2015 became the year all that began to change. As Elliott Almond outlined in the LA Daily News, Becky Hammon first opened the door in 2014 when she was hired as the first woman assistant coach in the NBA. Then, in the summer of 2015, the Sacramento Kings got female assistant coaches trending by hiring former WNBA coach and Hall of Famer Nancy Lieberman. The NFL followed suit when Sarah Thomas became the first full-time female official and the Arizona Cardinals hired coaching intern Jen Welter for their training camp. Baseball also saw progress with Justine Siegal as a guest instructor for the Oakland A’s, making her the first female coach in MLB history, and Jessica Mendoza broke into the world of men’s sports commentary as an analyst for “Sunday Night Baseball” and then covered the ESPN College World Series from the booth.

Lauren ModianoJanuary 3, 2016Lauren Modiano, NWHL, Sports, WomenComment

Female WWII Veterans Denied Eligibility for Arlington Burial

Last year was victorious for women in the military. For the first time, a pair of women completed Army Ranger school and the Pentagon made the announcement that all military combat positions would finally be open to women. However, 2016 is already bringing up memories from the past when women’s service was considered secondary to that of their male counterparts. In April 2015, Elaine Harmon, a veteran who flew as a pilot in the Second World War, passed away. And since then her ashes have been deemed ineligible to be laid to rest in Arlington National Cemetery.

Lauren ModianoJanuary 3, 2016Elaine Harmon, equality, feminism, gender equality, gender parity, Lauren Modiano, Leadership, petition, War, Women and PowerComment

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.

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