Posts Tagged ‘leadership’
Advocating Gender Parity: Podcast Episode with Gloria Feldt
Gloria Feldt, published author, former President of Planned Parenthood, and CEO, and co-founder of Take the Lead, discusses with host Charlie Stone the importance of gender parity in leadership and the power of “intentioning” for women. She emphasizes the need for women to embrace their power and use it to make a positive impact. The…
Read MoreTop Priority: 5 Key Pledges to Take The Lead
Issue 271 — September 2, 2024 Who’s still glowing from the energy of Take The Lead’s Power Up Concert and Conference? I am for sure! There were so many extraordinary moments. We saw a “genre bending” concert on August 25th at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts featuring pianist Marina Arsenijevic, indy…
Read More13 Takeaways You’ll Get at the Power Up Concert and Conference
Here are the top 13 takeaways you’ll get when you attend the Power Up Concert and Conference.
Read MoreTAKE THE LEAD Honors Lynda Carter At Conference On Women’s Equality Day
Guest post by Melissa Miller Young, with much gratitude to Women Connect 4 Good Foundation and Dr. Nancy O’Reilly, presenting sponsor for Take The Lead’s Power Up Concert and Conference August 25 and 26. Ten years ago, I joined 3,000 other women at Gammage Hall on the Arizona State University campus. Together, we listened to…
Read MoreThe New Greatest Generation: Commencement Address by Dede Thompson Bartlett
Issue 259— May 20, 2024
It’s challenging to think of an original idea when called upon to give a commencement speech, but my friend and International Women’s Forum colleague Dede Thompson Bartlett gave an outstanding address to the NYU Tandon School of Engineering class of 2024 on May 16, 2024.
Read MorePerplexed? Your Guide to Leadership at the Moral Crossroads
Issue 258 — May 6, 2024
Leadership lessons come from all kinds of places. Ever since I saw the 1986 movie “Crossroads” (not the later one with Britney Spears!), the metaphor of the crossroads has been in my head.
Read MoreIntentioning Democracy: 5 Power Moves Only You Can Make
Issue 256 — April 8, 2024
Women who fear they are losing hard won rights and leadership opportunities often ask me what to do about a world in which they see their daughters having fewer voting rights, equal rights, and reproductive rights than they have had.
So when I spoke on April 3, 2024 to the San Antonio 100, I tackled that question by starting with lessons from our history, inspiration that comes from knowing their power, and challenged them to make five power moves to shape the future they want.
This is an adapted version of my speech, because perhaps you have the same fears.
Read MoreFrom Lucy to Leadership Part 2: Our Origins’ Central Question
Issue 252 — February 11, 2024
Last weekend, I went to see the movie I think should win Academy Awards in every category: Ava DuVernay’s rendition of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson’s Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents.
After writing last week about the discovery of the 3.2 million year old hominid fossil Lucy in Hadar, Ethiopia 50 years ago by paleoanthropologist and founder of the Institute of Human Origins Donald Johanson, I wanted to explore further the question of why we humans are the way we are.
Read More🚀 Fuel the Future: Champion Women’s Leadership in 2024
Issue 249— January 1, 2024
I loved this question posed on social media by Sophia Yen, a longtime friend and the founder of Pandia Health. She asked us to “Brag to me about one thing you did in 2023.”
Read MoreWear the Shirt of Change: Representing the Power of Women’s Leadership This Giving Tuesday
Issue 246 — November 27, 2023
No doubt you have noticed that Giving Tuesday 2023 is today, November 27. I’m challenging you to share what’s on the shirt of your convictions about women’s leadership.
My personal favorite shirt is historian Laurel Thatcher Ulrich’s well-used quote, “Well behaved women rarely make history.” But today I’m wearing the shirt designed by Michael Stars for this Giving Tuesday.
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