Posts Tagged ‘power’
Women, Wealth, and Power: What We Can Learn from Lilly Ledbetter’s Courage
Issue 2845 — April 21, 2025 Sometimes, what you want to say is better said by others. And sometimes articles write themselves as a result. That’s the case with my “Sum of the Week” blogpost today. My heart is so full of joy and appreciation for the powerful film “Lilly,” about the long fight for…
Read MoreSubject: Today! You Can Lead the Change in 2025 (Let Me Explain)
This is my last message of 2024. And, yes, I am going to ask you to make a year-end gift to Take The Lead. But please read to the end, regardless, because there’s important information. A decade ago, after I found that despite being half the workforce, women held only 18% of senior leadership positions,…
Read More3 Reasons Why Voting Is Leadership
Issue 277 — October 28, 2024 This is a nonpartisan statement, and I believe it to the core of my being. Voting is #leadership. Do you agree? Or does it sound far-fetched? Maybe you think my mind is simply addled from the media barrage of political ads and stories leading up to Election Day, November…
Read MoreHammering Power: Part 1 of a 3 Part Series on how Kamala Harris Uses the 9 Leadership Power Tools
Issue 273 — September 16, 2024 “When the only tool you have is a hammer, you are likely to treat everything you see as a nail.” The hammer is a metaphor I use to deconstruct and reconstruct the meaning of power, so that women will embrace their hammer of power with confidence, authenticity, and joy…
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 MoreBuffalo: Leaders Must Rise to The Challenge
Issue 199 — May 23, 2022
First, say their names: Margus D. Morrison, 52; Andre Mackneil, 53; Aaron Salter, 55; Geraldine Talley, 62; Celestine Chaney, 65; Heyward Patterson, 67; Katherine Massey, 72; Pearl Young, 77; and Ruth Whitfield 86. On behalf of all of us at Take The Lead, we mourn the loss of their lives and stand in solidarity with their loved ones.
Read MoreSaving Daylight: what time is it anyway and why does it matter?
Rethinking Britney: Protection or Patriarchy
Issue 170 — June 28, 2021
My weekly zoom with women friends who have been staying in touch through the pandemic recently focused on how hard it is to get old ideas and solutions out of their heads when a new and better one has been proven more effective.
The examples mostly came from the world of science and medicine, starting with Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis who was hounded out of the medical profession in the 19th century. Dr. Semmelweis observed that simply washing hands after treating other patients could significantly reduce maternal mortality. Despite a growing body of scientific papers that backed up his theory, most physicians refused to change their traditional practices, and eventually had Semmelweis committed to an institution where he died.
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.
Read MoreHello 2020: 3 Intentions to Predict the Future by Creating It.
Issue 117 — January 5, 2020
My son gave me a cool gift last year called StoryWorth. I answered a question about my life (almost) every week and it was shared with my children for their comments. The company will turn all this content into a book now. Nice.