Elle Magazine Touts Glassbreakers Take The Lead Mentorship Launch

Glassbreakers Take The Lead ceiling-smashing approach to mentorship and leadership is making national news.

15 Social Media Tips To Build Strong Leadership Networks

“The most important social media device is the person next to you.”

This line was one of the most important takeaways from @sree’s opening remarks at #smwknd 2016 @CUNYjschool @tkcuny. Former Columbia University professor and social media expert Sree Sreenivasan (@sree) was quoting David Carr (who also was known for saying that “social media is a listening opportunity, not simply a broadcasting one.”)

All Hired Up: Strategic Tips to Land The Right Job As Women Leaders

Tell me about your strengths. Your weaknesses. Your dream job. Where you want to be in five years. 10 years.

Undoubtedly you’ve heard all the questions before.

Care Time: When A Career Break Is Best and How Best To Return

To move forward in your career is important. That’s a given. But to know when you need to step back to take care of family, health or personal concerns is also critical. Sometimes a stint away from your work in a career break is necessary. And yes, it can be a good thing for your long term leadership goals, if not just for your perspective.

5 Keywords for Young Women Leaders to Optimize Summer Internships

‘Tis the season of the summer internship for many. If you are lucky and are in college or recently graduated, there’s a good chance you’re either neck-deep into your internship or are looking to start one soon.

Career successLauren ModianoJuly 11, 2016business, Career, female entrepreneurs, success, women in the workplace, young womenComment

More Than Sexism in Workplace: What You Can Do About Sexual Harassment

It is way more than he said vs. she said miscommunication. It is not just sexism in workplace discomfort, it is a serious obstruction to fairness in the workplace. It is a colossal impediment to women leaders everywhere. And it is illegal.

7 Personal Marketing Mistakes To Avoid As Women In The Workplace

Everyone in the workforce, irrespective of stature or level, must be mindful of one critical truth: your brand goes wherever you go because your brand is you. Those seeking to move forward in their career would do well to embrace the “You, Inc.” concept—the philosophy that you are the CEO, the administrative and financial manager, research and development manager, marketing manager and sales manager of your own career—whether you are entry-level or a seasoned executive.

6 Affirmations for Black Women In Leadership In The Workplace

Diversity in the Fortune 500 took a loss recently as Xerox lost the only female African American CEO in the list.

Marge Magner, a member of Accenture’s board of directors, said, “Performance improves with diversity.” She speaks from her experiences of women leaders having the responsibility to make the way, to clear the path, to create opportunity.

Terms of Empowerment: Why Words of Power Are Problematic for Some Women Leaders

Yes, there is the Pink Power Ranger and also the Yellow Power Ranger. They are the fearless female fighters for good of that iconoclastic fantasy group, The Power Rangers. They are all globally beloved, stemming from the massively popular 1990s TV show still playing in reruns.

Changing the Power Par...Michele WeldonJuly 5, 20169 Power Tools, Leadership, Power-To, Role Models, Women and PowerComment

How To Prepare for Pushback on Path To Gender Parity

We’d like to think that everyone is on board for gender parity in the workplace and across all industries, sectors and cultures. We assume the holdouts and stalls are because some administrators and leaders may not have known just how to solve the gender gap.

Spacing Out: Does Office Space Affect Working Women Differently?

I once supervised a new employee who insisted that she spend her workday lying on her stomach on the floor in the center of the open office as she typed on her laptop, feet kicking. She also insisted she needed to be barefoot in order to concentrate.