The latest women's leadership news, research and advice packaged to fit your life. March 7, 2017: Edition 104
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ORIGINAL CONTENT, FRESH NEWS YOU NEED NOW
On International Women's Day: #BeBoldForChange and Paint A Picture for Parity Artists, curators and museum directors are looking to be more inclusive of women with a rosier landscape for women launching on March 8. TELL ME MORE
More Than One Choice: And The Winner Is... Take The Lead Co-Founder and President Gloria Feldt points to the either/or trap. Can't we all win? TELL ME MORE
How To Build Confidence and Leave Impostor Syndrome Behind Oscar-winner Viola Davis works through negative beliefs; we can all learn how to step into deserving the accolades we earn. TELL ME MORE
That's Not Funny: When The Boss Is Sexist Learn how to counter sexism at work from stupid jokes to more serious harassment. TELL ME MORE
Power As Renewable Resource: Why I Joined Take The Lead Leadership Ambassador Amber Nelson explains her transformative role in Take The Lead. TELL ME MORE
Gloria's Pick*:Get Explicit About Implicit Bias: In my trainings with companies that want to increase leadership gender parity, I see clearly that great leaders make personal commitments to overcoming implicit bias. Culture change starts at the top, as this report from Bentley College shows. *Tweet your tips for Gloria's pick to @gloriafeldt. Gloria Feldt is the president and co-founder of Take The Lead.
TAKING THE LEAD. YOUR ACTION OF THE WEEK
Celebrate International Women's Day March 8 by making a Pledge For Parity. Every woman can pledge to take a concrete step to help achieve gender parity more quickly, whether to help women and girls achieve their ambitions, call for gender-balanced leadership, respect and value difference, develop more
inclusive and flexible cultures or root out workplace bias.
VIDEO OF THE WEEK
In honor of International Women's Day, this Surround the World music video features 51 female singers
from around the world, in a song from songwriter/producer Oren Sharon. The goal of the project is to showworld unity through the love of music honoring the voices of women.
GREAT STUFF TO READ NOW
What Will You Do On A Day Without A Woman March 8? Discover your action options for International Women's Day March 8. READ IT AT HUFFINGTON POST Defending Celebrity Feminism Two new books discuss living the F word in the spotlight. READ IT AT NEW REPUBLIC Gender Equity Makes Economic Sense Governments need to budget this in and realize it is profitable to be fair to women. READ IT AT THE ECONOMIST
Tech
Leadership Needs More Women The U.S. House Science chair says the tech world is losing out on lack of women leaders. READ IT AT COMPUTER WORLD
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
"You should let everyone know what you do that is awesome. Because if you don’t, no one will.”
JOIN US FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY VIRTUAL HAPPY HOUR with Gloria Feldt, Co-founder and President of Take The Lead Katie Mehnert, CEO & Founder of Pink Petro, Josh Levs, award-winning journalist and author, and Marianne Robak, Executive Moms Society
Wednesday, March 8, 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM EST
Celebrate International Women's Day live from the HERWorld Energy Conference in Houston where panelists will discuss the history of International Women’s Day, the exciting new sectors that women are stepping into and what role men can take to increase gender parity in leadership. Join Gloria Feldt, Katie Mehnert; Josh Levs, award-winning former NPR and CNN journalist, U.N. Global Gender Champion and author of All In: How Our Work-First Culture Fails Dads, Families, and Businesses — And How We Can Fix It Together; and attorney Marianne Robak, President of Executive Moms Society, who will chat about the importance of engaging men as allies.
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