Posts in The Sum
Be Your Own Wonder Woman: Nominate Yourself or Your Peer for the 9 Leadership Power Tools Champion Awards!
Be Your Own Wonder Woman: Nominate Yourself or Your Peer for the 9 Leadership Power Tools Champion Awards!

Issue 264 — July 1, 2024

Note: Today, Gloria is passing the mic (or the mouse) to Felicia Davis, Take The Lead Leadership Ambassador extraordinaire, and founder of the Black Women’s Collective.

Felicia had the great idea of honoring Take The Lead’s reason for being at our August 25/26 Power Up Conference and Concert — that’s YOU. You are the women and some men who have participated in 50 Women Can Change the World cohorts, taken a 9 Leadership Power tools course or workshop, served as a Leadership Ambassador, or otherwise benefitted from our transformational programs. Here’s Felicia…

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Twirl Like Wonder Woman Lynda Carter at the Power Up Conference August 25–26 in DC
Twirl Like Wonder Woman Lynda Carter at the Power Up Conference August 25–26 in DC

Issue 261— June 10, 2024

I have exciting news today. Have you been inspired as I have been by the Wonder Woman character?

Then you will be thrilled to know that Lynda Carter, whose iconic role as Wonder Woman exemplifies female strength and the use of power for good will receive the Leading Woman Award at Take The Lead’s annual Power Up Concert and Conference.

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Two Girls, A Little Boat, And 3 Big Lessons About Power
Two Girls, A Little Boat, And 3 Big Lessons About Power

Issue 260— May 27, 2024

The weather app said rain would start at 3pm. I met Camille Jalandoni and Justyna Kedra, founders of WeRule for a walk in Central Park at 12:30 thinking I’d be home well before the downpour. I’m a big fan of walking meetings, and we had a purpose for this one: to talk about partnering to make the new WeRule mentoring app available to Take The Lead participants.

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The SumGloria FeldtMentorships, Power Up ConferenceComment
Credit Due: Taylor Swift’s Advice About Power and Female Friendship
Credit Due: Taylor Swift’s Advice About Power and Female Friendship

Issue 257 — April 22, 2024

I’m listening to Taylor Swift’s new album, The Tortured Poets Department, looking for inspiration for my more-or-less weekly column, “The Sum.” As in the sum of the week, what it means or what I learned about my favorite topics — women, power, and leadership — from whatever happened during the past week.

The last couple of weeks for me were all Beyonce all the time with the release and immediate race to the top of the C&W charts of her album Cowboy Carter. (How many versions of dancing to “Texas Hold ‘Em” have you seen on social media so far? I’m obsessed.)

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Intentioning Democracy: 5 Power Moves Only You Can Make
Intentioning Democracy: 5 Power Moves Only You Can Make

Issue 256 — April 8, 2024

Women who fear they are losing hard won rights and leadership opportunities often ask me what to do about a world in which they see their daughters having fewer voting rights, equal rights, and reproductive rights than they have had.

So when I spoke on April 3, 2024 to the San Antonio 100, I tackled that question by starting with lessons from our history, inspiration that comes from knowing their power, and challenged them to make five power moves to shape the future they want.

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What a Week: Making Women’s History and Future Every Day
What a Week: Making Women’s History and Future Every Day

Issue 254 — March 18, 2024

I absolutely love Women’s History Month. I love it as an opportunity to write into the generally known history the many women who have been overlooked or under-recognized for their accomplishments.

And increasingly, I focus on tomorrow’s history that we each make by our actions today.

Know your history and you can create the future of your choice.

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The #1 Action You Can Take Today To Make Life More #GenderFair
The #1 Action You Can Take Today To Make Life More #GenderFair

Issue 254 — March 3, 2024

How many clip art flowers and pink figures, celebratory Women’s History Month posts have you seen already this March — and we’re just a few days into it? Somehow it seems that many people have forgotten (if they ever knew) that women needed this special month, just as February was Black History Month for the same reason — because the narratives of history have not been written with our lens, and often our accomplishments have been downright ignored — or stolen.

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How Are We Doing? 10 Years of Take The Lead
How Are We Doing? 10 Years of Take The Lead

Issue 253 — February 26, 2024

The late bombastic New York mayor, Ed Koch, was famous for going around the city asking, “How am I doing?”

So as Take The Lead kicks off its 10th anniversary year, exactly 10 years after its first big public launch event at Arizona State University’s Gammage Auditorium, we’re asking you, “How are we doing?”

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From Lucy to Leadership Part 2: Our Origins’ Central Question
From Lucy to Leadership Part 2: Our Origins’ Central Question

Issue 252 — February 11, 2024

Last weekend, I went to see the movie I think should win Academy Awards in every category: Ava DuVernay’s rendition of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson’s Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents.

After writing last week about the discovery of the 3.2 million year old hominid fossil Lucy in Hadar, Ethiopia 50 years ago by paleoanthropologist and founder of the Institute of Human Origins Donald Johanson, I wanted to explore further the question of why we humans are the way we are.

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The SumGloria FeldtLucy, Leadership Power Tools, equalityComment