“To love what you do and feel that it matters, how can anything be more fun?” That quote is attributed to Katharine Graham, the late chairman of the board and publisher of The Washington Post, more recently portrayed by Meryl Streep in the 2017 film “The Post.” I would have to agree w

Earlier 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. Hand-delivered into your mailbox for everyone to see, these brief notes

Sometimes you have to speak up when you know what you know. Take a stand. Create change. Because it matters. Politics aside, the lessons in leadership emerging from the recent social media storm from the medical community responding to a scolding from the National Rifle Association fo

Her career move from the heavens to human-centric workplace cultures makes perfect sense when you talk to Deborah Westphal, CEO of Toffler Associates. Before joining Toffler in 1999 and moving up to CEO in 2007, Westphal worked for the U.S. Air Force from 1987 to 1999 as a technical e

Growing up in a suburb of Birmingham, England, Amanda Pullinger looked to Margaret Thatcher, then prime minister of England, as her role model. The CEO of 100 Women in Finance, Pullinger says she was the first in her family to go to university, and no one was in business. So as a teen

Red. Blue. Republican. Democrat. Independent. Vote for a woman running for office and aim for a woman in the Oval Office. That is the rallying cry of author Rebecca Sive, whose latest book. Vote Her In: Your Guide To Electing Our First Woman President, bears this caveat: “It’s easy to

“Can you pick up Susan Sontag at her hotel?” “Can you take Tom Wolfe to the airport?” Brenda Langstraat, CEO of Working in the Schools, the largest literacy organization that partners with Chicago Public Schools, says these sorts of tasks involving literary giants were part of her job

Draining the joint bank account. Taking away credit cards or intentionally harming personal credit. Restricting access to cash. Monitoring spending too closely. These financial abuse tactics are as much a part of domestic violence as are physical and emotional abuse that affects one i

If it is better to give than to receive, then it is best to give a gift that has a social justice component. Leeatt Rothschild, the founder of  Chicago-based Packed with Purpose, says the company she started in 2016 is a gifting company wrapped in a social mission and is the “perfect

Gender equity will not land on us when we open the window. Necessary changes take time and individuals working now can help make the shifts in culture, behavior and practices that will assure gender parity across all sectors and industries in the future. The goal of Take The Lead is t