Posts Tagged ‘networking’
It’s Time to Get Out of Your Own Way
Is your comfort zone holding you back?
Look, trust me, I know it can sometimes be hard to acknowledge that we’re the ones responsible for making progress (or lack thereof) in our lives, but the good news is we can unlearn that behavior in order to get out of our own way.
Read More7 Tips for Networking Even in a Pandemic
Issue 133 — June 29, 2020
One thing COVID-19 has done is make life easier for introverts.
If you break out in a cold sweat at the thought of networking, in the sense of walking into a large room full of people you don’t know and trying to make connections that will be useful to you in your professional life, while balancing a beverage — it might seem in first blush that at least that worry is over.
But the reality is your network is your net worth.
Read MoreAll About Internships: Take The Lead’s Intern Interviews Gloria Feldt
Issue 100— July 8, 2019 Ask a college student in early spring what they’re most worried about, and I guarantee it won’t be their finals. It will be the dreaded internship search. I am Anna Tropiano (pictured right), a Political Science and Writing student and an intern at Take The Lead this summer. As a rising…
Read MoreThe Power of #SisterCourage
Issue 95 — May 27, 2019 Twice on the same day last week, the heads of groups that work to advance women financially, socially, and in business bemoaned to me the lack of collaboration among women’s groups. Paradoxically, but not surprisingly, the individuals with whom I met in both instances were asking Take The Lead to participate in…
Read MoreNetworking When You Hate It
It’s gala season. I was getting ready to go to the Ms. Foundation’s 30th annual Gloria Awards dinner yesterday and fretting about — almost everything. What to wear. No, I can’t wear that red silk jacket that I wore the last two years again. I know everyone will be there in sparkly evening clothes and I don’t even have…
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