Posts Tagged ‘politics’
**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 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 MoreLovely Ketanji: How She Turned Bias on Its Head and Made It Her Superpower
Issue 272 — September 9, 2024 I had eagerly awaited the publication of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s memoir, Lovely One, since I learned that my talented friend Jamia Wilson, Vice President/Executive Editor at Penguin Random House, secured the plum of editing the book. Finally, the book launched on September 3, 2024, in Harlem’s…
Read MoreHow Nancy Pelosi Aced the 4 P’s of Political Leadership: Power, Presence, Platform, and Perseverance
Issue 211 — November 21, 2022
Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi gave the best speech of her political life on November 17, when after the 2022 midterm elections, she announced she would remain in Congress but would not run for Minority Leader again in January when the new Congress convenes.
Read More“Keep calm and carry on?” I don’t think so. Be bold and carry out!
Issue 195— March 28, 2022
The first time I gave a speech where I said “Be bold and carry out!” was to an audience of probably 1000 or so at the annual conference of WICT, Women In Cable Telecommunications. Smart, ambitious, accomplished women. And yet they still held no more than 20% of the top leadership positions in their industry.
Read More“Bravery Has no Gender” Kira Rudik and Volodymyr Zelenskyy Lead Like a Woman in the Face of the Unthinkable
Issue 192 - March 8, 2022
My heart clutched as I watched Stephanie Ruhle interview Ukrainian Member of Parliament Kira Rudik on “The 11th Hour.”
I urge you to watch it a few times, not to become fearful but to observe how she speaks powerfully AND with empathy, humanity, and courage. These characteristics are what I mean when I say she leads like a woman.
Read MoreSisterhood Co-opted or Amplified: Are you Cheney, Stefanik, Peralte, or Emily?
Issue 167 — May 17, 2021
Every time I make a speech or do a leadership training, a woman inevitably asks, “What about women who don’t support other women? Why are women so hard on other women?” Or, “What do I do about a woman who is trying to sabotage me in my career?”
Read MoreThis Week’s Takeaway? Every Little Girl Can Be POTUS
Issue 158 — January 25, 2021
Each week I write about what the week just past has taught us. I reflect on what happened and search for the larger meaning in its disparate events. I look through the lens of whether it’s been good for women or bad for women. I search for trends. And I look for moments of power shifts related to gender and race.
Well let me just say last week took the prize on all those fronts.
It was one to the most meaningful weeks of recent American history.
Read MoreThank goodness Kamala Harris is ambitious, and that’s not all she is
Issue 140 — August 31, 2020
It was so predictable. Any woman who had the audacity to run for president must be too ambitious, said the wagging tongues and talking heads.
Ambitious when applied to a woman becomes an epithet. Applied to a man, it isn’t just a compliment, it’s an assumption.
Read MoreNo, No, Nancy — Women Must Change the Power Paradigm or Never Progress
No, No, Nancy — Women Must Change the Power Paradigm or Never Progress Issue 76 — November 26, 2018 Dressed in angry orange from pantsuit to stilettos, Congresswoman and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) regally graces the cover of the November 25, 2018 issue of the New York Times Magazine. The caption is her quote from within the article, “No…
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