How do you lead in turbulent times like these? If you’re presidential historian and Pulitzer Prize-winner Doris Kearns Goodwin, you look to people who led brilliantly in times past. In particular, you look to the people she refers to as “my guys:” Abraham Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, FDR, and LBJ. “Just as we learn from the […]
In a recent exclusive interview with the Conferences for Women, Suze Orman—America’s best-known financial advisor to women—was characteristically outspoken money, the future of work, and more. Orman, the author of 10 consecutive New York Times bestsellers and winner of two Emmy Awards, recently came out of a short-lived retirement to again advise women about a […]
We caught up with Conference speaker Admiral Michelle J. Howard to hear the unique perspective she brings as: The highest-ranking woman in U.S. Arms Forces history, Highest ranking African-American and woman in Navy history, First woman to become a 4-star Admiral, and Person in charge when the Navy faced down Somali pirates to rescue Captain […]
If there’s anyone who can put the idea of success in perspective in 2020, it’s Esther Wojcicki, the author and educator who raised three wildly successful daughters and wrote the book, How to Raise Successful People. So, here’s what she says: “We have to back up on our idea of success now because maybe we […]
Elizabeth Gilbert talks about creativity, fear, and more in the latest episode of Women Amplified. While this conversation was recorded at the end of 2019, what she says about fear, in particular, is a welcome balm at any moment. Here are highlights: “I think we live in a society that really fetishizes the idea of […]
“At the core of resilience is how you think,” says author and life strategist Valorie Burton. “That’s the thing we can control the most. You want to know: Is what you’re saying to yourself helping you or hurting you? A huge piece of resilience is what you say to yourself, and changing it if what […]
If you’re like many people, you’re constantly navigating change—changes that you didn’t seek out as the next positive step in your career or personal life but had thrust on you by outside circumstances. But here’s a little good news: The skills you need to deal with unexpected changes are the same as the skills you […]
In her young lifetime, Aria Mia Loberti has faced more challenges than many of us. In the third grade, she was taken out of school because her teachers were unable to accommodate that she was blind—or, more to the point, they forbid her from using a cane, saying she might trip other students; locked her […]
Charmain F. Jackman is a licensed psychologist who grew up on Barbados, where many people of color, she recalls, had an all-or-nothing view about mental health: You had it, or you didn’t. There was no in between. Today, she says, there is still a stigma about mental health among people of color that makes women […]
Reshma Saujani, founder and CEO of Girls Who Code and author of Brave, Not Perfect, recently spoke with the Conferences for Women about perfectionism and bravery in a world turned upside down. The conversation has been edited for brevity. CFW: You’ve talked about striving for perfection as an impediment to growth. In extraordinary circumstances like […]