Leadership
**Action Required: How to Turn Your Fear into Power**
Issue 279 — November 11, 2024 “Don’t ever give up. You have power. And don’t ever listen to anyone who tells you something is impossible because it has never been done before…This is a time to organize, mobilize, and stay engaged.” — Kamala Harris As the dust settles after the November 5th election, many of…
Read MorePart 4 of my 3-part Series: How Kamala Harris Uses the 9 Power Tools (though she probably never heard of them)
Issue 278 — November 4, 2024 I’m having a heck of a time concentrating on writing this nail-biting last day of the momentous 2024 election. Trying hard to “keep calmala and carry onala.” If you haven’t voted yet, would you please get thyself to the polls on November 5th and make your voice heard at…
Read MoreHow Kamala Harris Aces the 9 Leadership Power Tools (Even if She Doesn’t Know It)
Issue 274 — September 30, 2024 Love politics? Hate it? Whatever your POV is, in today’s chaotic political landscape, people are yearning for effective leaders. I began this 3-part series last week with a look at the difference between Power Over and Power TO leadership styles. I called it “Hammering Power” to reflect the metaphor I…
Read MoreEmpowering Women in Educational Leadership: A Conversation with Dr. Stephanie Duguid and Gloria Feldt
I had the opportunity to join Dr. Stephanie Duguid, owner of Do Good Leadership, on her podcast “Empowering Women in Educational Leadership” in a compelling discussion on women in leadership. We delved into the critical disparities between men and women in leadership roles with a mission dedicated to propelling women into their rightful leadership positions across all sectors by 2025.
Read MoreBring Gloria to Speak at Your Women’s History Month Event
Bring Gloria Feldt to speak to your women’s ERG, DEI program, or the entire organization during Women’s History Month
Read MoreHow Jacinda Ardern Took Down a Reporter’s Sexist Question and Showed Us Three Ways to Outsmart Implicit Bias
Issue 213— December 5, 2022
You really must watch this video to get your hackles up at the hapless reporter who asked New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern if she was meeting Finland’s Prime Minister Sanna Marin because they are “similar in age.”
Read MoreIt’s Your Turn, Now What?
There is a fire that erupts when women REmember who they are AND know that it’s their time to step up and fully own their authority to lead.
Yes, I’m talking about you because you are that woman!
You are the woman that The Big RE Conference was created for because we know that on the other side of spending two days immersed in the power-packed agenda we have in store for you, you are going to leave knowing what it takes to…
Read MoreFinal call to submit your question for Carla!
What if we told you that someone was waiting on you to activate your Big RE?
Not next month, not next year but NOW?
Would you believe in yourself enough to start or would you continue to talk yourself out of what you really want?
Read MoreA Few Tips to Shake Things Up!
We’re not going to belabor the ‘stuck in your comfort zone’ thing but after our last email, we would be remiss if we didn’t pop in and share a few tangibles ways to break free from the grips of your comfort bubble. (-;
If you’re truly ready to take steps away from your comfort zone, here are some tips that can help.
Read MoreHow long till justice? Juneteenth symbolizes both question and answer
Growing up deep in the heart of Texas, I learned in (segregated) school that Juneteenth was a big celebration day for Black people because it marked the date on which the Emancipation Proclamation, which had been signed into law by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, finally reached Texas on June 19th, 1865.
This date, when federal troops arrived in Galveston to take control of the state after the Civil War, at last ended the egregious practice of legal human slavery in the United States.
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