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we asked our team a question on a call this week: who has recently made you proud?
The answers were all over the place. in the best way.
a daughter who just started college — the kind of milestone that feels both sudden and a long time coming. a friend who solo-parented two kids for two weeks, and the people who love her know exactly how much that took. a sister who went back to school because she decided she wasn’t done yet and she was tired of waiting for the right time. and a friend who is actively training to travel from the North Pole to the South Pole. not planning it someday. doing it now.
What we love about this question is that the answers are always personal. you can admire someone from a distance. but pride is different. Pride means you’ve watched someone up close — you know what it cost them, and you watched them do it anyway.
Who has recently made you proud? 👇
@harvard_business_review tracked 2,600 women after one day at CFW.
In the year that followed, they were twice as likely to be promoted and three times more likely to receive a raise of more than 10%.
But the number that stays with us is this one: 71% said they felt more connected to others after.
Because when you stop striving alone, everything changes.
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60+ speakers. Networking. Career coaching. CE credits for HR professionals.
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The women who move things forward aren’t less scared or more ready, they just stopped waiting for a feeling that was never coming and started anyway.
Who in your life embodies this? 👇
you don’t find your people by waiting for them to find you.
CFW is a room full of women who decided to show up for each other and for themselves.
TX · October 5 • PA · November 5 • link in bio for tickets.
“I felt this jail cell break open because I was like, wait a minute, I love to work too.”
@tomiadeyemi was watching the Devil Wears Prada 2 — a film she actually has a cameo in — when Meryl Streep’s character Miranda Priestly said four words that moved her to tears: “I love to work.” and something shifted.
We haven’t stopped thinking about this conversation since we had it, and we have a feeling you won’t either.
Listen to “Tomi Adeyemi on the Joy of Being a Woman” on Women Amplified wherever you get your podcasts.
We took our tiny mic to the crowd and asked one question:
“What makes someone a leader in your eyes?”
Their answers stopped us in our tracks.
No one said title. No one said corner office. No one said years of experience.
This is what leadership actually looks like — according to the women living it every day.
Drop your answer in the comments. We’re still collecting them. 👇
🎟 Want to be in a room full of women like this? Tickets to our 2026 conferences at the link in bio.
