Hating on Millennials and What it Could Mean for Young Women

Generation Y just can’t win.

Career choicesKaitlin RattiganOctober 17, 2013ambition, Choices, millennials Comments

Mad Men fans recently learned that season 7 of the show won’t start until spring 2014—here’s a feminist compilation of Peggy scenes from past seasons to hold you over—nevertheless, I’ve been thinking about what I’ve learned over the years from Don Draper.

Changing the Power Par...Lex SchroederOctober 15, 2013communication, draperisms, mad men, Women's LeadershipComment

Gloria Feldt's Broadway Debut

I recently had my Broadway debut and got to tell the world about Take The Lead. No, seriously, check out this video of Feminomics interviewing me and Susan Arnot Heaney at the Women Leadership Summit just after we had both spoken on a panel smack in the middle of Times Square.

Career successGloria FeldtOctober 10, 2013Career, Take The Lead In The News, WomenComment

Gearing Up for “Ideas That Move”

There are some ideas whose time simply have come. Leadership parity, pay equity, access to affordable healthcare, things like this. Then there are those ideas in our own life that we’d like to move past the idea stage and make happen.

High Quality Childcare and Early Childhood Education Should be at Top of Feminist Agenda

Sheryl Sandberg exhorts women to “lean in”and “close the ambition gap”, but it’s unlikely to happen as long as working mothers are left with sub-par options regarding the care and education of their young children.

ParitySusan Weiss GrossOctober 7, 2013childcare, education, Work/Life BalanceComment

Women Are the Faces of Business

Last week I was privileged enough to be invited to the launch event for Faces of Business, the Women’s Initiative of the Gloucester County Chamber of Commerce.

Ambition / IntentionKaitlin RattiganOctober 3, 2013career ambition, women in business, Women's LeadershipComment

Congressional Gridlock = #LeadershipFail

“You can’t be neutral on a moving train.” –Howard Zinn

(You also don’t need to pick sides).

Lex SchroederOctober 1, 2013fiscal crisis, government shutdown, Leadership, Women's LeadershipComment

A vision, a goal, and some mustard: Women’s leadership @ ASU

When I was 15, I had my first lesson in the power of working together to make systemic change.

Career choicesGloria FeldtSeptember 27, 2013Leadership, Power, WomenComment

Networking With Purpose… And Prowl?

I am obsessed with networking. Sorry I’m not sorry. As a young professional who is still trying to figure out what her career path will be, I find networking to be extremely helpful.

Networking with PurposeKaitlin RattiganSeptember 26, 2013career development, Networking, success Comments