The Sum

March 8 marked the 107th International Women’s Day at time when women’s voices are being raised more prominently than ever to say, “We are here and we expect equality.”  This year’s theme was #PressforProgress. Happy #IWD – it’s a great time to gather up your 9 Leadership Power Tools and do just that. “You do not disregard my…

It’s the call none of us ever want to get. A sudden heart attack has hit someone we love. And in this Women’s History Month, it’s important to remember that the history of women’s healthcare in this country has been uneven at best.  Luckily, Go Red for Women is an organization whose mission is changing…

The recently released controversial Peter Rabbit movie reminded me that one of my favorite childhood stories was Beatrix Potter’s classic tale of the spunky bunny whose misadventures in Farmer McGregor’s vegetable garden were told as though they were meant to teach kids to mind their mothers and shy away from risky behavior. I, however, drew five…

In a week marred once again by a horrendous mass shooting, I have been contemplating the work I do to help women change the power paradigm that has long shaped our culture’s narrative. I ask them to shift their thinking from oppressive, often violent, scarcity-based “power over” to expansive, innovative, abundant “power TO.” Every time…

Who Says Women Can’t Rule Stem?  I’m so glad I didn’t let the nasty rain and snow deter me from attending a Women’s Forum of New York-hosted panel called BRAVE ENOUGH: INNOVATORS TRANSFORMING OUR WORLD at one of the fastest growing and chicest women’s workspaces, The Wing, in New York’s SoHo neighborhood. Wing co-founder Audrey…

One of the most intriguing questions I ask in speeches and training is “When did you know you had the power TO _____?” You fill in the blank. There is no right or wrong answer. Think about it. When did you know? Where were you? What did it feel like, look like, sound like? Just…

My father manufactured western shirts (Tem-Tex, “Styled in the Heart of Texas”), so I grew up building structures with empty thread spools on the office floor, wandering around the clattering sewing machines that smelled of 3 in One Oil, loving the fabrics and their textures, reveling in the endless range of colors, trims, and patterns.…

Tips for Getting From #MeToo & #TimesUp to Real Change  The #MeToo and #TimesUp movements are much needed, but how can they lead to systemic lasting change? Here’s how to get there. This article is slightly edited from an interview I did with the Omega Institute. Omega: These past months have shown the power women…

Warning: it gets messy  What’s your relationship to power? “What is your relationship to power? On a scale of 1 to 10, with 1 being, ‘I don’t like the idea of power so I don’t seek it,’ 10 being, ‘I love having power,’ and the middle range being, ‘I’m not so comfortable with power, but…

Molly Bloom has been keeping me awake at night. Not the Molly Bloom of James Joyce’s Ulysses.an equally outsized and out of the box character. I’m talking about the hard-driving, elite high stakes poker game running protagonist of the acclaimed new movie, Molly’s Game based on a true story. It could as easily have been…