Posts Tagged ‘women’
From Lucy to Leadership, Part 1: We Are All Africans
Issue 251 — February 5, 2024
What is more fascinating to us humans than ourselves?
Don’t we check how we look when we pass a mirror? Didn’t we invent psychology, sociology, and anthropology because we are obsessed with understanding who we are and why we behave as we do? Don’t we love seeing our names mentioned, or being tagged on Instagram? Come on, admit it.
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 MoreWhat are you #Intentioning for 2022?
Issue 188 — January 3, 2022
🎆Happy New Year! What are you Intentioning for your life and leadership this brave new year of 2022? 🎆What will this year mean for you? 🎆What first step will you take to go from ambition to Intention to done?
Read MoreHow to Celebrate Labor Day: Sit in the High Seats
Issue 106 — September 2, 2019 Are you one of the 46 percent of Americans who’ll barbecue over Labor Day weekend? Will it be ribs, hot dogs, burgers, or veggies? Or will you be one of the 25 percent who’ll be shopping? Google “Labor Day” and the majority of top hits involve Labor Day sales. These and other…
Read More5 lessons + 5 videos From 5 years of Take The Lead Advancing Leadership Parity by 2025
Issue 101 — July 14, 2019 This week, we mark the The 50th Anniversary of the Moon Landing. People said that mission was impossible, and then it was done. Similarly, many people said it was impossible five years ago when Take The Lead began with the bold mission to achieve leadership gender parity across all sectors by 2025. After all,…
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 Purpose: Why It’s the Key to Effective Leaders and to Retaining Women in Leadership
Issue 94— May 20, 2019 Tis the season for commencement speeches. We all remember those with themes or phrases that stick in our minds. Wear sunscreen. We are the wolves. Find your purpose. I venture to say that last theme has been used in more commencement speeches than any other. But cliché though it may be, it’s…
Read MoreThe Power of Philanthropy: My Week of Celebrating Women Changing the World
Issue 93 — May 14, 2019 True, I’m writing this at the end of Mother’s Day after long talks with my children and lots of social media posts lauding moms and those who have “mothered” in nonbiological ways. So despite some not so great news about the status of women in America, I’m on a bit of an…
Read MoreHow to Snowplow the Way to Equal Pay
Issue 90 — April 1, 2019 You know those “snowplow parents” — the ones who clear away impediments that might hamper their children’s success? They’re getting their comeuppance in the wake of the recently discovered college entrance cheating scheme that has snared celebrities like Felicity Hoffman and Lori Loughlin and revealed the corrupt ways parents of…
Read MoreHow Two Women at Lilly Turned “Culture Eats Strategy for Breakfast” on Its Head and Broke…
Issue 89 — March 24, 2019 For centuries, the rite of passage for young Maasi men was to kill a lion. This deeply embedded cultural ritual demonstrated the adolescent male’s courage, agility, and readiness to be a warrior. It was a way to get a girlfriend too. But by 2008, the lion population had dwindled from 250,000 to…
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