Posts Tagged ‘women’
If You Have Only One Prayer: The Gratitude Attitude, 2018 Version
Issue 75 — November 18, 2018 Dr. Nancy O’Reilly, founder of the Women Connect 4 Good Foundation (and in full disclosure, board chair of Take The Lead) sounded exhausted when I called to ask how she and her horses were in the latest California disaster that looked on television like the fires of Hell. “It all depends on the…
Read MoreCitizenship Is Leadership, and Other Reasons Not Just to Vote but to Engage in Civic Life
Issue 73 — November 4, 2018 This morning, my grandson commented that it made no sense for election day to be on Tuesday. He’s right. Election day should either be a holiday so almost anyone could get to the polls, or moved to a weekend day when the majority of people aren’t working. Even though many states have early voting…
Read More5 Really Bad Strategic Mistakes Nonprofit Leaders Often Make
Issue 72 — October 28, 2018 Last week I was privileged to keynote the annual conference of Arizona State University’s Lodestar Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Innovation by being interviewed by the Center’s Executive Director Robert Ashcraft. (A shout out here to the Center’s Nicole Anderson who organized the conference masterfully. If I may take a point of…
Read MoreWhat do you do when someone takes credit for your idea?
Issue 71 — October 22, 2018 USC Associate Professor and founder of the Annenberg Inclusion Institute Stacy Smith was spitting nails. “Nothing makes me angrier than when someone takes credit for my work,” she said. Smith and I were on a panel at Universal Music’s first She Leads program in Los Angeles. That morning before the panel, I led…
Read MoreOne Year After #metoo, How to Teach the Next Generation of Girls
Issue 69 — October 6, 2018 When I was in junior high school, I took ballroom dancing. The teacher, a woman, told us that if a misstep was made, it was always the girl’s fault. While I know now that is not true and I would tell anyone it’s a ridiculously sexist idea, the fact that it remains seared…
Read MoreSistering: How Mutual Support Gives Female Philanthropists the Courage to Draw a Bigger Circle
Stacey Engle, VP for Marketing at Fierce and I shared our respective programs helping people have those difficult workplace conversations. Issue 66 — September 17, 2018 Women like to do things together. Nowhere is this more evident than in philanthropy where women’s giving circles and organizations large and small are making ripples, waves, and sometimes sea changes with…
Read MoreWhat to Wear to Work: Serena’s Tutu, Kyrsten’s Shoes, and Why I Wear Red
Issue 64 — September 2, 2018 After the third interview request in a week’s time asking me to comment on what constitutes appropriate work attire for women, I finally realized the cosmic importance of the question. The wry humor in tennis great Serena Williams’ frilly tutu following on the heels of the flap about her stern black catsuit…
Read MoreLet’s Disrupt Women’s Equality Day
Issue 63 — August 26, 2018 Hold onto Bella’s hat, mind Alice’s admonition, and follow Sojourner’s truth. It’s Women’s Equality Day again. Again. August 26. First so designated by the 1971 legislative initiative of the inimitable NY Congresswoman Bella Abzug to commemorate the date on which the 19th amendment giving women the right to vote officially became the law…
Read MoreWhat Color Were Dorothy’s Shoes?
The book that taught me I could be a leader On this day, August 12, in 1939, the film version of L. Frank Baum’s classic book The Wizard of Oz premiered in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin of all places. The unlikely location for a premier was chosen in part because the studio was concerned it would be a flop.…
Read MorePassion to Action: 5 Ways to Know if You’re an Entrepreneur
Issue 60 — August 6, 2018 Do you dream of starting your own business? You’re not alone, whether you are a woman contemplating leaving salaried employment you don’t love for the uncertainty of entrepreneurship, you want your own business so you can control your schedule to take care of family obligations, or you simply embrace the challenge of…
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