Author Archives: Gloria Feldt

About Gloria Feldt

Gloria Feldt is the author of No Excuses: 9 Ways Women Can Change How We Think About Power. Buy the book here. Engage Gloria for a Speech or Workshop. Tweet @GloriaFeldt and connect on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Google+ Gloria is the co-founder (with Amy Litzenberger) of Take the Lead, a new initiative to prepare and propel women to leadership parity by 2025. Find them @takeleadwomen and on Facebook.

Scaling the Unscalable: What’s Your El Capitan?

Posted on January 19, 2015 by Gloria Feldt

On Wednesday, Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgenson completed their grueling 19-day climb to the top of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park. And I was mesmerized. But why? I’m as uninterested in summiting sheer granite cliffs as in having another …

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Take The Lead Presented and Connected in 2014—and Wants Your Suggestions for 2015

Posted on December 29, 2014 by Gloria Feldt

Understanding the Role Confidence Plays Would workplaces become more balanced and society more equitable if women exhibited more confidence? Katty Kay and Claire Shipman created a stir with their book The Confidence Code and their article, “The Confidence Gap” in The …

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Voting Power 2014

Posted on November 4, 2014 by Gloria Feldt

When Shirley Chisholm broke both racial and gender barriers to become the first Black woman elected to Congress in 1968 and later the first Black woman to run for U. S. president, she leapfrogged over more barriers to power than …

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Why Flex Time Is the #2 Most Important Employee Benefit

Posted on October 21, 2014 by Gloria Feldt

A big barrier to women’s leadership parity was overlooked in the recent brouhaha about Facebook and Apple covering employees’ insurance for egg freezing. These companies are not, as headlines screamed “paying women to freeze eggs.” And I see nothing wrong …

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How “Play Like a Girl” Went From Epithet to Compliment

Posted on October 2, 2014 by Gloria Feldt

I’ve never been to a professional hockey game nor wanted to. I stay far away from sports bars. But I do resonate with hockey legend Wayne Gretzky whose pithy leadership advice is, “Don’t skate to where the hockey puck is. Skate to …

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Women and the 3 C-Words (Not What You think)

Posted on September 22, 2014 by Gloria Feldt

Journalist Sheila Weller triggered the gossip machine with her new book The News Sorority: Diane Sawyer, Katie Couric, Christiane Amanpour—and the (ongoing, Imperfect, Complicated) Triumph of Women in TV News, when she reported on C-word #1: competition between the three …

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How to Keep Women from Leadership Parity

Posted on September 4, 2014 by Gloria Feldt

I led a women’s executive leadership workshop on “Women, Power, and Authentic Leadership” recently. A business school professor presented just before me, so I arrived early to observe her segment. She’s a highly skilled communicator who presented terrific content. Her elegant …

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4 Ways You Can Push for Parity This Women’s Equality Day

Posted on August 26, 2014 by Gloria Feldt

I was savoring my grilled salmon salad recently when my lunch partner’s casual comment made me drop my fork and get serious. “They’ve asked me to be board chair at the Brooklyn Museum, I’d be the first woman in their …

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The World Turns on Human Connections

Posted on August 7, 2014 by Gloria Feldt

After a whirlwind year of creating an organization, hosting an amazing launch, and being overwhelmed with gratitude for the scores of organizations and individuals who have supported our cause, donated to it, and who want to align with Take The …

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You can do it at the beach, on a boat, or by the pool

Posted on July 22, 2014 by Gloria Feldt

I was on vacation the last few weeks. And judging from the number of vacation messages from people on this newsletter list, so were many of you. Hope you had a restorative experience if you have already taken time off, …