No wonder “Nashville” entrepreneur Rayna James started her Highway 65 label in her hometown city. Even though the singer played by actress Connie Britton on the ABC-TV drama is fictional (as is her blockbuster country music record label), it is very real news that Nashville just snagged the title of No. 1 city in the country for women entrepreneurs, according to the latest research from Wallethub.
Read MoreAs a way to celebrate Black History month, Take The Lead welcomed author and leadership strategist Dr. Avis Jones-DeWeever recently to Virtual Happy Hour. Dr. Jones-De Weever is an expert on race, gender, the economy and the creator of The Exceptional Leadership Institute for Women. Named to theGrio 100, recognized by the Women’s Media Center as one of 30 women making history, and acknowledged by BET as one of the most influential women in Washington, Dr. Jones- DeWeever’s mission aligns with Take The Lead to achieve leadership parity across every sector by 2025.
“Now put your hands up.”
A peach of a new study out of Georgia State University finds that more than men or married women, single women have the highest rates of entrepreneurship of all individuals. What makes a single women start a company on her own more often?
Read MoreIt seems every major company around the globe– and many not so major companies– are taking notice of the inequities of their female employee rosters at all levels. All this talk of diversity and fairness, plus counting and publishing the percentages has not budged the numbers much for women in leadership. Women still fall far short in reaching the equity goal in most every arena from Hollywood production to tenure positions in academia.
Read MoreOf course we are not talking Michael Kors, Google or BMW. But we all know everyone managing a career has a personal brand. And as women in leadership, we each need to cultivate and protect that brand as carefully as marketers for Coca-Cola, IBM or Facebook. According to Joanne Tombrakos,creator of Your Digital You, you need to manifest your personal brand just as carefully as these megastar branding teams of global companies.
Read MoreTake The Lead Co-founder and President Gloria Feldt tells WorkLife HUB how embracing controversy — instead of avoiding it– presents opportunities to enhance discussion in the workplace. With the help of Power Tool #4, you can steer the conversation to collaboration, a key component in leadership. Feldt creates dynamic Take The Lead workshops including 9 Leadership Power Tools To Advance Your Career. Listen to the entire podcast below.
Read MoreIt turns out that many, many centuries ago the ruling queens of Europe in the Middle Ages were not just sitting pretty next to their powerful reigning husbands. According to research from New York University, the ladies were not just waiting around, but declaring war at times.
Read MoreIt’s true, double XX marks the spot in a sea of XY chromosomes in corporations across this country and the world. So says Jennifer Fitzgerald, founder and CEO of Policy Genius, who confides that in many meetings, she was more often than not the only woman in the room. And she learned a few key things from being the lone she-wolf. She learned how to be a better leader.
Read MoreMore women leaders lead to more profits. While this is good news for every woman of any age aspiring to be a leader, the downside is 60 percent of the companies studied in 2014 had no female board members. And half of the companies in 91 countries had no female executives. Only 5 percent of those companies have a female CEO.
Read MoreThis is your brain on exercise: bigger, stronger and full of more grey matter. While most of us know—and perhaps envy– other women in the workplace who bike or hike to work, sneak out to the gym at lunch or head to a spin class after work instead of happy hour, we may not know they are not only building muscle mass, but brain power.
Read MoreBecause boardrooms in private tech companies operate more like boys clubs (an estimated 78 percent have no women board members), theBoardlist launched an initiative last week to offer a solid solution to the lament that no good women were available for the open slot.
Read MoreYou break up with someone who does not make you happy. Same is true for young women in the workplace: You move on to another job if your current place isn’t doing it for you, your career goals and your vision of a professional life with meaning.
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