Power Tool #3: Use What You've Got.
What you need is almost always already there. The gap isn't resources. It's the courage to see them and use them.
Power unused is power useless.
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@taketheleadwomen.bsky.socialPower Tool #3: Use What You've Got.
What you need is almost always already there. The gap isn't resources. It's the courage to see them and use them.
Power unused is power useless.
@taketheleadwomen.bsky.socialYoung. Bold. Unstoppable.
Power Up 2026 highlights are here. Which leadership trait matters most for the next generation?
@taketheleadwomen.bsky.socialDavina Wright-Lyons said it at Power Up 2026: "Resilience is not a personality trait. You have to name what is happening without shame."
She received the Power Tool Champion Award for Power Tool #5: Carpe the Chaos. The Change Catalyst. Congratulations, Davina.
@taketheleadwomen.bsky.socialWomen own 43% of U.S. businesses. They still receive a fraction of venture capital.
Digital financial tools are beginning to change what is possible. Read the full story.
@taketheleadwomen.bsky.socialMargaret Atwood at Power Up 2026: "The mistake is always thinking you can make the world perfect. You can make it better, fairer, but you cannot make it perfect."
Better is worth fighting for. Have a good weekend.
@taketheleadwomen.bsky.socialWhoever sets the terms of the debate usually wins it.
Power Tool #2: Define Your Own Terms, First, Before Anyone Else Does.
If you don't name it, someone else will. And they won't do it in your favor.
@taketheleadwomen.bsky.socialA night of lessons, reflections, and sisterhood in New York City.
Take The Lead's first in-person NY event since the pandemic. A documentary. A powerful panel. A room full of women who showed up.
Thank you to everyone who was there.
@taketheleadwomen.bsky.socialThis year's Power Tool Champions didn't wait for permission. They took the tools, did the work, and led anyway.
Congratulations to our 2026 Power Tool Champions. This is what audacity looks like.
@taketheleadwomen.bsky.socialLeseliey Welch built Birth Center Equity, co-founded Birth Detroit, and created Beloved Birth 50 by 50. At Power Up 2026 she received the Power Tool Champion Award for Power Tool #7: Create a Movement.
The Movement Maker. Congratulations, Leseliey.
@bcvoices.bsky.socialAs Gloria Feldt says:
"Knowing our history and the current legal status is essential to influencing the future."
That's exactly what our new documentary explores. Join us September 15 for an evening of film, dialogue, and community.
#KnowYourRights #TakeTheLead #BCVoices
@taketheleadwomen.bsky.socialI worked alongside Gloria Steinem for thirty years. Her antidote to fear was never bravado or certainty.
It was hope through collective action. That is the idea Take The Lead was built on.
Full piece at CNBC: buff.ly/GxsSNOV
@taketheleadwomen.bsky.socialMargaret Atwood grew up with three chainsaws and no electricity. At 86 she took the Power Up 2026 stage and said: "Girls can really do just about anything."
Then she left to a standing ovation and stopped to pet a dog.
That's the keynote. buff.ly/h4TmvDk
@taketheleadwomen.bsky.socialPower is just energy. You are the source.
Something magical happens when women shift from oppressive power over to generative Power TO.
That shift is everything. buff.ly/seEnnli
@taketheleadwomen.bsky.socialPower Tool #1: Know Your History.
History isn't just what happened. It's the map that shows you where power has been held and how to take it back.
Scholarships available. buff.ly/seEnnli
@taketheleadwomen.bsky.socialGloria Feldt and Margaret Atwood. One stage. Women's Equality Day. Washington D.C.
The Power Up 2026 Fireside Chat was one for the books. Still feeling it.
@micheleevansnews.bsky.social🔆 Good Morning, New Yorkers: STEP UP. TAKE THE LEAD. 🗽
#MorningMotivation #NewYorkers #TheBronx #NYCEnergy #TakeTheLead
@taketheleadwomen.bsky.socialWonder Wendy Farrell first stepped on stage at 14. She received the Power Tool Champion Award for Power Tool #4: Embrace Controversy at Power Up 2026.
The Disruptor. Congratulations, Wonder Wendy.
@taketheleadwomen.bsky.socialLabor Day was never just about a day off.
Women still earn less, lead less, and are credited less for the work that holds everything together.
This Labor Day we're not just celebrating work. We're naming what still needs to change.
@taketheleadwomen.bsky.socialPower Up 2026 happened because our sponsors showed up before the doors opened.
Before the speakers. Before the mic drop moments. Before the room filled up.
Thank you. We are building what comes next.
@lsusoftball-mirror.bsky.socialHow About That Perfect Game!