Shannon Gordon, CEO of theBoardlist, told a group of close to 75 women board of directors hopefuls at a recent Chicago “Board Essentials for Women” event at PNC Bank Illinois, that you better be sure you know what you are signed up to do, because your commitment to a board needs to last.
Read MoreI was on top of the world. I was doing so well in my career. I had worked at PayPal building a reputation as a product lead for six years, and then joining Target in 2016 where I was asked to lead the product and design for Goldfish, Target’s flagship innovation project to build the “Store of the Future,” set to launch in March 2017.
Read More“To love what you do and feel that it matters, how can anything be more fun?”
Read MoreIssue 76 — November 26, 2018 Dressed in angry orange from pantsuit to stilettos, Congresswoman and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) regally graces the cover of the November 25, 2018 issue of the New York Times Magazine.
Read MoreEarlier in my career as a feature writer and columnist on a daily newspaper, the editor-in-chief made a habit of handwriting notes to one or two staff members each day for stories that he thought were exceptional.
Read MoreIt’s the end of the year, and you may be gearing up to ask for a raise because of excellent performance, salary competitiveness, or even just cost of living. The good news is 84 percent of organizations plan to give base pay increases in 2018.
Read MoreIssue 75 — November 18, 2018 Dr. Nancy O’Reilly, founder of the Women Connect 4 Good Foundation (and in full disclosure, board chair of Take The Lead) sounded exhausted when I called to ask how she and her horses were in the latest California disaster that looked on television like the fires of Hell.
Read MoreSometimes you have to speak up when you know what you know. Take a stand. Create change. Because it matters.
Read MoreIssue 74 — November 11, 2018. Feast your eyes on this Washington Post infographic tracking wins by female candidates for Congress and Governorships in last week’s elections.
Read MoreI recently led an all-day seminar where a few people in the room exuded negativity starting from complaints about the breakfast and continuing relentlessly regardless of topic, discussion or activity. Cynical, overly critical of colleagues, adding only contradictions and challenges, they each had nary a kind word for anyone.
Read MoreTell the truth. Even if it is not going well.
Read MoreIt was a Tiffany Epiphany. Years ago while she was watching a phase of the annual 23-day Tour De France bicycle race on television, Tiffany Dufu, women’s leadership and author of Drop the Ball, says it suddenly occurred to her that what looked like an individual sport was really not that at all.
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