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Anyone who hates networking might be tempted to add the lack of in-person networking opportunities to the short list of silver linings in the age of social distancing. However, we are heading into the great unknown, and it's more important than ever to cultivate a robust and versatile support system. In this episode, Gloria shares concrete tips to make meaningful connections  virtually, that will be key to your success, whether you're anticipating a career change, shifting in your business, or rethinking your priorities during this pandemic.

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It's not a coincidence that the Movement for Black Lives was started by three women, Patrisse Khan-Cullors, Alicia Garza, and Opal Tometi. Their low-ego, high-impact, lead-with-love model has inspired and activated people of all races across the country and the world. In this episode, Gloria shares heart-forward movement-building tips to stay engaged, energized, and to lead change. 

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+Donate to organizations that support Black Lives and communities of color 

+Get inspired and write history, with the OpEd Project.
 

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Elma Beganovich has reached the upper ranks of social influencing, commanding as much as $20,000 for a single post. How did she do it? With intention, every step of the way. Gloria interviewed her and this week offers key insights from their conversation about how Elma, with her sister’s support, fashioned a powerful brand.

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+Learn more about the Beganovich sisters and their online empire

+Sign up for Gloria's  "9 Leadership Power Tools" course

+Get inspired by Women entrepreneurs

+Get familiar with Michelle Obama's book, Becoming
 

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Baking is among the most popular activities right now as people find ways to cope with being at home most of the time. But Gloria has been baking and building community along the way for many years. In this personal episode she looks back at the bonds she built and strengthened thanks to a certain challah recipe.

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+Try baking Mom's Challah at home
+Read up on how breaking bread created connectedness, regardless of what we think is separating us.

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It’s probably safe to say that most of us have an opinion on this matter. But let’s set that aside as Gloria takes us through her own thinking and evidence-based analysis of what it means to truly lead through an unprecedented set of events. 

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+A look at why female legislators pass more bills and why companies with more women in their leadership make more money. 

+Learn all about the new, improved 9 Leadership Power Tools to Accelerate Your Career online self study course that launches in June. 

+This new study breaks down the implicit bias and discrimination women have endured in the workplace

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This week, Gloria takes another thoughtful look at the opportunities the COVID-19 pandemic and other unexpected situations present. By drawing from recent events in her own life and leadership, as well as other women leaders and companies that have managed to thrive the last few months, Gloria drives home the importance of “being able to live and lead with uncertainty and ambiguity.” Her analysis of current events makes clear how ambiguity offers space for you to innovate and breakthrough with your most powerful ambitions.

After you listen, head over to these resources we've also linked to in the transcript to read further on Gloria's inspiring take on uncertainty.

+Get to know three powerhouse mayors who energized Take the Lead's Power Up Conference:  Coral Evans of Flagstaff, AZ and  Kate Gallego of Phoenix, AZ star in this  highlights video from the conference.

+Learn more about the blue ocean strategy for strategic leadership that played a role in founding Take the Lead.

+Look at the latest performance indicators for two category-breaking companies:  Zoom and Peloton

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This week, Gloria wants to talk about power. Our relationship to it. Our fear of it. Our misunderstanding of it. Drawing from examples in her own life, sociological studies, and decades analyzing power dynamics between people and within organizations, she guides us on ways to break through our hesitation, discomfort and mistrust of summoning and asserting our power. 

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The classic exploration of two of the classic types of power that sociologists Raven and French identified in the 1950s. 
The growth mindset vs. the fixed mindset.
Why women earn 57% of the college degrees. And why we buy or are the primary influence on 85% of purchases. 
Evidence that women’s leadership makes companies better.

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Now’s an especially good time to do some thinking about who you want to be after the new normal sets in. All the time alone and apart these couple of months have given many of us the rare opportunity to reflect and reconsider. In this insightful review of her own professional path, Gloria offers tangible and tactical ways to emerge and move forward with intention and clarity—to more fully realize the vision you have for yourself at work and in life.

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In this heartfelt episode, Gloria helps us take a breath amid the global crisis and consider the possibilities if we only refocus our energy. “We’re in the season of rebirth. We’re in the season of disruption. The two have much in common. What we think of as normal may never be again, but in this season of rebirth and disruption, we have an opportunity to normalize some new realities, to create a future more intentionally and proactively than we have ever done,” she tells us. 

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These are the questions Gloria invites you to consider after you listen to this episode:

1. What is your biggest fear personally about how the pandemic is impacting or will impact your own life? What is your biggest fear? 

2. What is the greatest opportunity that you see for yourself as we come out of this difficult time? 

3. What path do you think the country or the world will take to a new normal, positive or negative? 

4. What is the one change you would most like to normalize?  

5. Anything else you want to say? 

Email Gloria with your answers and comments: [email protected]

We know that women are socialized to be attentive and inclusive of those around us. And we also know that being so often means being not seen as leaders, passed up for promotions and being denied credit for our work. In this episode, Gloria offers concrete examples of how being too nice works against us, and provides actionable tips for being “authentic, kind, and respectful in your communications” without descending into Niceness Hell.

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