Take The Lead Trains Arizona Business and Nonprofit Leaders to Close the Women's Leadership and Wage Gap
Take The Lead Trains Arizona Business and Nonprofit Leaders to Close the Women's Leadership and Wage Gap

A woman in Arizona who holds a full-time job is paid, on average, $36,916 per year while a man who holds a full-time job is paid $43,945 per year

  • Women in Arizona are paid 84 cents for every dollar paid to men in same jobs with comparable qualifications and tenure, amounting to a yearly wage gap of $7,029 between men and women who work full time in the state—a smaller gap than the national average or 79 cents to the dollar but still significant.

  • Women in Arizona who are employed full time lose a combined total of nearly six billion dollars every year due to the wage gap

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Changing the Workplace, Leadership tools and tipsTake The LeadAuthentic Leadership, business, Equal pay, equality, gender parity, Gloria Feldt, Women and Leadership, women in the workplace, Women's LeadershipComment
Fired Up from SHE Summit? Here are 10 Things You Can Do
Fired Up from SHE Summit? Here are 10 Things You Can Do

Rhea Beddoe, Lex Schroeder, and I had the pleasure of participating in SHE Summit earlier this month in New York. After two inspiring days, more than anything else we heard people saying they wanted help on what to do after the event.

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Develop: Take The Lead..., Networking with PurposeGloria FeldtAuthentic Leadership, confidence, female entrepreneurs, feminism, Gloria Feldt, Power, Power Tools, Women, Women and Leadership, Women and Power Comment
Barbie Is a Career Woman Now
Barbie Is a Career Woman Now

At least, that’s what Mattel wants you to think. And we have to admit: with marketing like this, we might be convinced, too.

The company just released a new ad that rebrands the iconic doll as a source of inspiration for young girls. If your daughter plays with a Barbie, Mattel seems to be saying, she’ll grow up believing she can be anything she wants to be, whether that’s a professor, a veterinarian, or a football coach.

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Changing the Power Par..., Propel: Take The Lead ...Julianne HelinekEncouraging girls, gender roles, systemic change, Take The Lead This Week, Women and LeadershipComment
Girls Who Code Teams Up with Tech Recruiters
Girls Who Code Teams Up with Tech Recruiters

Reshma Saujani founded Girls Who Code in 2012 to teach adolescent women computer science skills and inspire them to close the gender gap in tech. Three years and thousands of graduates later, the “teaching” part of that mission is humming right along. Next comes the part when these women—many of them in college now—land their first tech jobs, and they’ll have some impressive options open to them.

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Changing the Workplace, ParityJulianne Helinekgender gap, gender parity, Take The Lead This Week, women in technologyComment
How Mentoring Can Help Women Climb the Corporate Ladder
How Mentoring Can Help Women Climb the Corporate Ladder

It’s a common misconception that women do not help other women in the workplace and that those who do make to the top it do so with little help. However, when navigating today’s competitive work environment, it’s important to reach out for guidance. With more and more women leaning in and entering the professional workforce, mentoring is an invaluable way to build up more successful and talented businesswomen.

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Develop: Take The Lead..., Mentors and Sponsors, Networking with PurposeMolly Greenberg#SisterCourage, career advice, mentor, mentorship Comment
All-Male Panels Should Become Extinct in Israel
All-Male Panels Should Become Extinct in Israel

Israeli ad agency McCann Tel Aviv is known for its top-notch advertising work, but now it can add “brilliant women’s advocacy” to its list of company specialties. The agency recently rolled out a website, Persona, that lists nearly 700 Israeli women qualified to speak on panels on a wide variety of professional topics.

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Changing the Power Par..., Inspirational Role Models, Parity, Propel: Take The Lead ...Julianne Helinekchange the narrative, representation, Role Models, solutions, Take The Lead This WeekComment
These Are the Challenges Faced by Working Women in the G20
These Are the Challenges Faced by Working Women in the G20

Another week, another massive study on women in the workplace that will be cited for years to come (and we aren’t mad about it—please, keep them coming!). The Thomson Reuters Foundation and the Rockefeller Foundation teamed up to ask 9,500 women in the G20 countries: “What are the top five challenges you face at work?”

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Changing the Workplace, Life tools and tipsJulianne Helinekchallenges, Research, Take The Lead This Week, wage gap, women in the workplace, Work/Life BalanceComment
Work-Life Balance: It’s Not Just a Woman Thing
Work-Life Balance: It’s Not Just a Woman Thing

Anecdotally, we’ve been seeing a trend towards more men wanting to be involved at home, and research just bore that out in a big way. Bain and Company surveyed 1,500 MBA students and graduates about their career aspirations, and about half of women and men reported that they “plan to prioritize non-work commitments over career progression.” In fact, women and men were just about even on this measure, with 50 percent of women and 51 percent of men saying that the “life” part of “work-life balance” will win out when push comes to shove.

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Ambition / Intention, Career choicesJulianne Helinekfamily, millennials, success, supportive men, Take The Lead This Week, Work/Life BalanceComment