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What is your Big RE?

What is your Big RE?

We have spent the last couple of years in an environment of deep disruption and uncertainty. Now, we are living in a revolutionary time. A time that surrounds us with change, transformation, and all the REs.

Your opportunity is now!

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Equal Rights: It’s Now or Never

Issue 201 — June 5, 2022

“Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty,” said founding father John Adams. Yet in a classic demonstration of unearned privilege, he mocked his wife Abigail’s plea to “remember the ladies” when framing the Constitution. John averred that men would never put up with that “tyranny of the petticoat.” As if one person’s freedom reduces the other person’s freedom, when the exact opposite is actually true.

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To Stop Uvaldes and Buffalos, Start by Changing the Narrative of Power

Issue 200- May 30, 2022

I need to write about power this week.
I've spent the last decade teaching women the difference between thinking of oppressive power OVER and generative, creative, and innovative power TO so that we can get over our culturally learned ambivalence about power that is a key barrier to women's advancement.

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Buffalo: 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.

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Thanks for Taking Time for You

Issue 198 — April 27, 2022

Within minutes after we concluded the virtual Take Time for You event on April 23, Jen Koeller wrote this note to me:

Hi Gloria,

I was very excited to attend today’s Take Time for You event because it spoke to me on many levels.

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It’s My Birthday and I’ve Got a Gift for You (Hint: Don’t Stress)

There’s no one right way, but as you’ve often heard, be sure to put on your oxygen mask first or you won’t be able to be there for others either. To help you deal effectively, be kind to yourself by taking time to do the things that help you. You can start by joining Take The Lead on April 23 for a free virtual event from 2-4 pm eastern, designed to give you two hours of pure recharge.

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The Joy and the Irony of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson

Issue 196 — April 11, 2022

Ketanji Brown Jackson.
Her name is already embedded in the annals of history as the first Black woman confirmed to sit on the Supreme Court of the United States.

After 232 years and 115 previous sitting justices, Judge Brown Jackson will become Justice Brown Jackson when she is sworn in at the end of the Court’s current term.

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“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.

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How Would You Like an Extra Million Dollars?

Issue 194 — March 21, 2022

That’s a no-brainer, right? But I’m serious. Studies have shown that women lose between $400,000 and over $1,000,000 cumulatively over a lifetime of work in comparison with men in equal jobs with equal experience. You deserve to be paid fairly and equally to others with your qualifications.

Equal Pay Day was March 15 this year. Saying that women make on average 83 cents to men’s $1 is an oversimplification because there are huge variances based on race and ethnicity.

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(Un)equal Pay Day: Is it Good News or Bad News?

Issue 193 — March 14, 2022
It’s progress to be sure that March 15 marks Equal Pay Day 2022. Women now earn 83% of what men earn for matched full time work.
Last year the annual recognition of when U.S. women had to work into 2021 before they earned what men earned what men did in just 12 months of 2020 occurred on March 24. The year before that, the day was March 31.

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