Five Years Going Strong: Looking Back On More Take The Lead Powerful Events

It’s been great so far. Five years in, and many more to go for Take The Lead. Each year the organization is aiming to reach gender parity in leadership across all sectors by 2025. Take The Lead is celebrating five years of events, programs and initiatives benefiting Take The Lead

Michele WeldonJuly 13, 2019Anniversary, Gloria Feldt, inspirational women, parity, women leadersComment

Dad Makeover: What Changes Needed for Parental Leave, Shared Duties

The $16 billion that Americans are spending on Father’s Day gifts this year, according to the National Retail Federation, compared to the $25 billion Americans spent on Mother’s Day, may reflect the amount of time spent on parenting split between most American mothers and fathers. Man

Make Equal Pay Day Real: How You Can Close The Gender Pay Gap

It’s both good and bad news. Women still have a ways to go before they reach equal pay for equal work, but this year shows a small improvement of 1 percent over last year. Equal Pay Day on April 2 marks

Where Is She? Fix the Gender, Race Gaps In Media

...“D+” for gender and racial diversity, combined, and a sixth consecutive “F” for lack of gender equity, according to the “Racial and Gender Report Card,” commissioned by the Associated Press...

ParityMichele WeldonMarch 1, 201950 Women Can, 50 Women Can Change The World, equality, journalism, Michele Weldon, parityComment

The Real Story: 5 Issues Facing Women Leaders in Journalism

It matters who reports the stories. It matters who edits the stories and it matters who is quoted in the stories. It also matters who is leading the journalism organization and making key decisions. Why? Because invisibility in the media is erasure in society.

MediaMichele WeldonJanuary 7, 2019equality, journalism, media, Michele Weldon, parity, representationComment

To The Ballot Box: Vote For Her And Get Women In Top Office

Red. Blue. Republican. Democrat. Independent.

Change LeadershipMichele WeldonOctober 23, 2018Change, election, gender equality, Michele Weldon, parityComment

No More Resumes: Creating An Equitable Tech Workforce

Music drove her into technology. Fairness keeps her here.

Changing the WorkplaceMichele WeldonOctober 2, 2018business, Change, Michele Weldon, parity, TechComment

Fighting For Parity: Champion Boxer, MMA Fighter Offers Winning Strategies For All Women

“This is so no 12- year-old girl is sorry she’s a girl.” Heather Hardy, the World Boxing Champion International Female Super Bantamweight with a 21-0 undefeated record, and an MMA fighter, wants you to know that the lessons she shares on pay equity, persistence, winning, passion and defeat all women can use.

Leadership tools and tipsMichele WeldonJuly 9, 2018Change, Equal pay, Michele Weldon, parity, pay gap, Sports, women leadersComment

So Far, Not So Good: Are Diversity & Inclusion Efforts Really Working?

While Take The Lead has a mission of gender parity across all sectors in leadership of 2025, the rest of the world may be on a much slower time frame. Implementing diversity and inclusion efforts to make a fair and balances workforce that represents the population by gender, race, age, ethnicity, ability, orientation and more is taking a lot more time than originally thought

Changing the WorkplaceMichele WeldonJune 11, 2018Change, diversity, equality, Michele Weldon, parityComment

Power To Run, Vote, Lead: Women Stand Up To Make Change

“The power is with us.”

Ambition / IntentionMichele WeldonMay 1, 2018Change, Michele Weldon, parity, Politics, WOMEN IN POLITICS, women leadersComment

Power of New Working Moms: Beyonce, Pulitzer Winners, Political Leaders Shine

Changing the WorkplaceMichele WeldonApril 20, 2018equality, Michele Weldon, parity, women in the workplace, women leaders, working moms Comments

50/50 Day And Take The Lead Move to Action Pledges For Parity

It is what a director says to the crew to start filming a scene. It’s what 50/50 Day organizers are urging the hundreds of thousands of participants around the world to take.

The second annual 50/50 Day on April 26, 2018 and the #GettingTo5050 Movement are catapulting into action pledges

EventMichele WeldonApril 17, 201850/50 Day, events, me too, Michele Weldon, parityComment