Pick up Steam: Are Efforts To Get More Women, Girls in STEM, Tech Working?

The Oscar-winning film, “Oppenheimer,” that recently won Best Picture, has stirred national interest in the STEM career of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the nuclear physicist who is called the “father of the atomic bomb” as well as the field of physics.

With a predominantly male cast, in the film set in the 1940s, the closest a woman gets to sharing in scientific work and notoriety is his wife, Kitty, a traditional non-working spouse. Lisa Meitner, a prominent German nuclear Scientist, was asked to work on the project and she refused.

Career choices, Career success, Changing the WorkplaceMichele WeldonMarch 15, 2024Women in STEM, Women in TechComment

Celebrate Women’s History Month: Knowing Your History Is Key

It’s Women’s History Month, a time of the year to acknowledge all that women have contributed to advance society and change the world.

Being familiar with your history is the first of the nine power tools created by Gloria Feldt, co-founder and president of Take The Lead, and part of the 9 Power Tools To Advance Your Career Online Course. It tops the list because it is the foundation of your life and career. “Know Your History: And you can create the future of your choice.”

Where Are The Best Jobs? 5 Strategies for New Grads Landing Tech Careers

It’s job application season for those who are graduating this winter and spring.

The good news is newly minted students graduating now with undergraduate and graduate degrees are finding high paying jobs in engineering, computer and IT, plus transportation, according to new data from QRFY.

But for many women and those identifying as women, the work cultures of engineering and tech jobs are steeped in gender and racial bias.

But where there is disruption, there is opportunity to change the culture.

Career success, Career choices, Changing the WorkplaceMichele WeldonJanuary 12, 2024Women In Tech, careers, diversityComment

Transformation Time: 4 Ways To End Centuries of Gender, Race Bias in Leadership

Change the work culture, change the system, change the path forward for all female leaders and it is possible to change not only the workplace, but the world.

A new study in Nature outlines distinct patterns of attitudes and behaviors in organizations that prevent and stymie a fair and inclusive workplace for women of color, particularly Black women.

“Our findings suggest that the compound influence of racial and gender biases hinders the advancement of minority female leadership by perpetuating stereotypical behavioral schemas, leading to persistent discriminatory outcomes. We argue for the necessity of organizations to initiate a cultural transformation that fosters positive experiences for future generations of female leaders, recommending a shift in focus from improving outcomes for specific groups to creating an inclusive leadership culture,” the report shows.

Career success, Ambition / Intention, Career choicesMichele WeldonJanuary 5, 2024women of color, career pathComment

Yay Or Nay: 5 Questions To Help You Decide To Take Promotion Or Pass

Z friend was recently agonizing to a handful of us at a party about her great job offer in the company where she has worked for seven years. The offer included a title promotion, raise, cost of living expenses, global travel and high visibility.

What was the problem?

She would have to move almost immediately to New York from Chicago, a city where she enjoyed her personal and professional life with a great apartment, positive workplace culture plus family and friends close by.

Changing the Workplace, Career success, Career choices, Ambition / IntentionMichele WeldonDecember 1, 2023career path, career goalsComment

Great News: Women & Minority Owned Small Businesses Succeeding Now

Finally. We all could use positive news about women business owners in the post-pandemic, pre-recession universe. Thankfully, it’s here.

“Women business owners have a positive business outlook… Most expect revenue growth over the next 12 months, and a majority feel equipped to weather a potential recession.” According to a new Bank of America report, 2023 Women & Minority Business Owner Spotlight.

Overcome Fear: Face The Future With Power, Intention & More Key Strategies from Power Up Conference

“Fear is an opportunity. Challenges are part of every life journey—in work, business, relationships, challenges are opportunities for growth,” says Homaira Kabir, founder of The Goodbye Perfect Project and a women’s leadership coach.

Career success, Career choices, Event, Leadership Power ToolsMichele WeldonSeptember 15, 2023Power Up Conference, Leadership Tools, Gloria FeldtComment

Post-Pandemic Work Life Reboot: 7 Key Tips for Millennial Women To Start Now

By Megan Hudson

It’s no secret the Covid-19 pandemic turned the world on its axis and changed every facet of life as we know it. Offices emptied and busy cities went quiet for months on end until finally earlier this year the smoke began to clear.

In the post-pandemic era, we ushered in our new normal. It’s been a long and continuous period of adjustment that has not come without its challenges.

Wow Factor: Power Up Conference On Women's Equality Day Helps You Lead With Intention

You will be wowed from the start. That is the intention.

Take The Lead’s Power Up Conference & Concert on Women’s Equality Day, “Lead Your Intention,” offers a full day of keynotes, panels, roundtables and sessions with acclaimed speakers, leaders, founders, consultants, entrepreneurs and authors —all with the mission to help you achieve your career and life goals with specific strategies, alliances, information and insights.

Reimagining Your Career and Life: How Power Up Conference Leaders Can Help You Thrive

It’s one mission to serve your country. It is quite another to serve your own mission.

Those lessons apply to every person making life and career adjustments.

“Women who have served in the military have successfully learned to maneuver in a closed, highly structured environment and within their own area of expertise such as logistics, combat arms, personnel, operations, and more,” says retired Major General Margaret (Peggy) Wilmoth, PhD, MSS, RN, FAAN, and professor in the School of Nursing at University of North Carolina since 2017.

Practice Hope: Legend Joan Baez on Activism, Music and Making Good Trouble

“Who wants to sit next to Juanita?”

Born in New York, and growing up in California, and later Massachusetts, Joan Baez says she felt like an outsider as a young girl of Mexican heritage in a small public school where her grade school teacher taunted her with a name that was not hers.

Harmony in Work & Life: Founder, Innovator in Manufacturing, Marketing on Passion For Change

“Having trusted relationships is how I got here today,” says Kara Demirjian Huss, vice president of T/CCI Manufacturing and recently appointed to the Illinois Workforce Innovation Board, overseeing the United State Plan for Illinois workforce development system.

“There is a lot of talk about work/life balance, but it’s not balance, it’s harmony.”

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