The latest women's leadership news, research and advice packaged to fit your life. May 2, 2017: Edition 111
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ORIGINAL CONTENT & FRESH NEWS YOU NEED NOW
What Can You Do For Your Career In 100 Days?
Whether you are starting fresh in a new position or resetting your goals, see what you can do to make 100 days count to your advantage. TELL ME MORE
Show Me The Money: Small Biz Week Tips for Women Entrepreneurs Gather the benefit of research on best banks, credit cards and more for you as a small business owner. TELL ME MORE
Say Yes Less: Female Profs May Close Gender Gap With A Simple No A new study shows that women faculty do more service and committee work than their male peers and it harms their tenure chances. See what's up on campus and what it can teach us. TELL ME MORE
Gloria's Pick: Female lawyers are far from parity in leadership. Leon Silver, Gordon & Rees partner (and Take The Lead board member), writes in the Journal of the Institute for Inclusion in the Legal Profession about how he's changing that. Tweet your thoughts to me @GloriaFeldt if you'd like us to help you increase your firm's
diversity too.
TAKING THE LEAD. YOUR ACTION OF THE WEEK
Tell your story of when you knew you had the "Power TO" and invite other women to tell their stories. This will increase confidence and authenticity for both of you.
Flipping Over The New Gabby Douglas Barbie The Olympic gold medalist superstar gymnast now has a "Shero" Barbie modeled after her. READ IT AT HUFFPOST
7 TED Talks on Leadership Spend 140 minutes (not all at once) to gather great leadership advice. READ IT AT MOTTO New Memoir "Shoot Like A
Girl" On Target Salute Maj. Mary Jennings Hegar as she writes honestly about gender inequality in the Air National Guard and how she manuevered up the ranks. READ IT AT FORBES
Women At The Top Mean Top Dollar See why corporate profits are connected to women in top roles at the company. READ IT AT IVY EXEC
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
"We're at this huge point in our lives in history where we need to step into our power and not give it over to anyone or apologize for it...and understand that in whatever we do. We deserve to be there and we deserve to have a voice."
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