Building Trust For Your Best Life: Minda Harts On Why & How You Get There
You can trust a handful of people in your life—maybe—and they might include your mom, dad, sister, best friend, college roommate, partner. Add Minda Harts to that special list. Trust me on that one.
The Power to Build Future Leaders Through Education
By Kimberly Langen
I was born to missionary parents living in Uganda, and some of my earliest memories were shaped by seeing communities facing extreme poverty. When we left the country as Idi Amin was coming to power, I remember making a quiet promise to myself that I would spend my life finding ways to help others and create meaningful change wherever I could.
I later became a teacher, and it quickly became clear to me that many highly motivated students were quietly being left behind. The education system was largely focused on helping students reach minimum standards, but I believed many students needed something more challenging, rigorous, and meaningful. That belief eventually became the foundation for Spirit of Math.
Jalen Brunson's Secret Sauce: Care Enough To Make It Happen
Issue 2888-- June 16, 2026
I’m not much of a sports fan.
My family would say I barely endure the sports obsession some of them have. While they hoot and holler, I’m reading my book.
But I watched this interview clip of NY Knick’s’ Jalen Brunson over and over.
What I see in him is something that can’t be taught as a skill set. But it can be nurtured as a mindset.
Stop wondering what could have been. Start building the leadership you actually want.
Power Up Audacity: Leadership in Action 2026 is August 25–26 in Washington, D.C., two days of celebrating, collaborating, and connecting with the most audacious women in the room. Hosted by Kelsey Nicole Nelson, with keynote speaker Margaret Atwood and The BETTY Concert closing out night one.
Then the work begins. Walk away with real tools from panels designed to address what you're navigating right now:
The Power of Care: Women Leading at Work and at Home—strategies for redefining success and setting boundaries when caregiving and career collide
Invest in Yourself: Women, Money & Long-Term Success—practical tools for negotiation, investing, and building wealth on your own terms
The Audacity to Thrive: Women Claiming Midlife Health & Power—confidence and self-advocacy strategies for navigating change at every life stage
The Human Advantage: AI Risks, Representation & Real Solutions—how to build confidence with emerging technology and shape the future of work instead of getting left behind by it
Young, Bold & Unstoppable: No Seat at the Table? Build One. — practical ways to turn your voice and lived experience into purpose-driven leadership
This is where you leave with a plan, not just inspiration.
If you've taken a Take The Lead course or program, or attended a Power Up Conference,we want to honor YOU.
Power Tool Champion Spotlight: Dena Patton
"Wearing the shirt means standing unapologetically in authenticity and integrity -- letting go of the need for approval or agreement from others to transform your leadership."
Take The Lead's Power Tool #6 isn't about waiting for permission. It never was. Dena Patton, 2025 Power Tool Champion for Power Tool #6 -- Wear the Shirt, embodied that truth and earned recognition on a national stage because of it.
You've done the work. Someone deserves to see what that looks like in action -- including you. Nominations are still open. Self-nominations are strongly encouraged.
A new study of 350 women in managerial roles in U.S, by MIT's Sloan School of Management shows; 81.6% told us they spend at least 30% of their workweek on caring tasks, such as listening to colleagues’ anxieties, offering encouragement, or monitoring how people around them are feeling. That’s more than a business day’s worth of work in a five-day week. Increasingly, such work is no longer incidental. It’s becoming part of how organizations function."
Take The Lead prepares, develops, inspires, and propels all women of all diversities and intersectionalities to take their fair and equal share of leadership positions across all sectors. Learn more at www.taketheleadwomen.com.
