“You’re fired” is not such a funny meme right now.
The economic realities of the recent months are driving up unemployment to more than 30 million individuals, with furloughs and diminishing project work for most every American who is a non-essential worker. Being on the receiving end of that news is devastating.
Read MoreMillions of us are testing the limits of our own strength—physically, emotionally, mentally—whether in isolation, working from home or facing the enormous challenges of essential work and the multi-dimensional threats of COVID-19.
Read MoreIssue 127—April 27, 2020
If you’re watching the Mrs. America series starring Cate Blanchett as Phyllis Schlafly, who mobilized the successful opposition to the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment in the 1970s, you might wonder why in the world would a woman oppose equal rights for her own gender?
Read MoreMost everyone I know has an income shift or even income elimination due to the shelter in place mandate due to COVID-19. So many in event planning, retail, hospitality, restaurants, and pretty much anything that requires other people and is considered non-essential have been laid off, or their income streams have dropped.
Read MoreCulture affects every aspect of your company, from the public’s perception of your brand to your employees’ job satisfaction to your bottom line. Because there’s so much at stake, it’s important that your corporate culture is adaptable and open to improvement – which starts with being able to articulate just what kind of culture your company has.
Read MoreMaking a grocery store run, I spotted a lone bottle of cherry wine on the shelf. Memories of my paternal grandmother Molly or Malle came flooding in.
I can see her in her small kitchen that smelled of garlic in Temple TX, cooking all day for her bustling household that usually included Granddaddy Isak or Isaac, one or more of their four sons living at home, and on the weekends their daughter Mayme home from her job in Houston, plus on Sundays my parents and maternal grandmother and sometimes other relatives.
Read MoreIf only you had the time to write. Maybe now you just might.
Millions across the country are WFH—working from home—and have been for the past several weeks. They will be sheltering in place for several more weeks or months perhaps during the COVID-19 pandemic. Many at the same time are e-schooling children, caring for family members and partners.
Read MoreDuring this unpredictable time of great personal and professional upheaval with threats to the health and economic security of millions, it is a good time to step up and give back.
Particularly if you are in a position where you have not been wiped out or depleted by COVID-19 and its consequences, you can use your resources to help others.
Read MoreRemote learning has exploded in the COVID-19 era.
Those new to the process may sometimes understate the work that goes into developing an online course. “It is much more than transcribing written courses into PowerPoints,” says Gloria Feldt, who has led dozens of remote learning classes as the co-founder and president of Take The Lead, a non-profit dedicated to gender equality, and as a long-time professor at Arizona State University. “To be worthwhile, it has to be much more nuanced, especially if the experience is to be successful for the student.”
Read MoreHow are you feeling today?
Early in the social distancing, shelter-in-placing, self-quarantining pandemic life, were you enjoying having more time with the family and binge watching your fave series? But now the stress is starting to wear on you?
Read MoreWe hear you at Take The Lead, that your world has turned upside down personally and professionally in the past month due to the COVID-19 crisis. It has put us through some changes too. But Take The Lead wants you to know we have the content you need to get you through this.
Absolutely we hope you and your loved ones are healthy and we don’t dare diminish t he severity of this global pandemic. Take The Lead acknowledges the severe disruptions to your daily life and your career.
Read MoreTake The Lead is available for inspiration and tools as you shelter in place with resources you can watch, read and listen to now. More than a month in, with most everyone in the country quarantined and working remotely or at social distances, it is fair to say everyone in the country is affected by COVID-19. Many report the economic and emotional burden is higher for women.
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