Three Lessons to Make the Women’s March Worthwhile

I’ve marched in and organized many marches. So I supported but wasn’t planning on going to DC for the January 21 Women’s March, feeling good that younger women were rightly leading this time around. As the time grew nearer, Take The Lead’s Leadership Ambassadors created an Action Party event that grew just as the Women’s March itself was growing beyond all expectations. I had to be there—for our event and in solidarity with the millions of other marching women and men around the world.

Quotas At Davos: Women Leaders Address Parity Issues At WEF

Of course, the acronym for the 47th annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland last week of the WEF does not stand for Women’s Economic Forum. But for the first time, it seemed as if it might have come slightly closer to that objective.

To Tell The Truth: Women Leaders Create A Workplace Culture of Honesty

In the era of fake news, denials of facts in the face of evidence, and a culture comfortably morphing from the acceptance of truthiness to outright lies, how do you create a workplace of honesty and transparency?

Changing the WorkplaceMichele WeldonJanuary 17, 2017Honesty, Michele Weldon, truth, women in the workplace, women leadersComment

States, Cities Work To Close Gender Gap With Pay Equity And More

Equal pay for all Americans—men and women– is a little closer to reality as efforts to achieve gender parity by 2020, the mission of Take The Lead, seems within reach.

ParityMichele WeldonJanuary 17, 2017Equal pay, Michele Weldon, wage gap, women in the workplace, women leadersComment

What “La La Land” Teaches About A Career Path To Dream Jobs In Real Life

It’s OK to eventually quit your day job and go for your dream job. At least that’s what happens in the movies.

In her acceptance speech for best actress at the Golden Globes recently, actress Emma Stone saluted everyone who ever faced rejections and challenges chasing a dream as a career path.

7 Tips for Effective Email Messaging for Women In The Workplace

Stop. Wait a minute.

Don’t text. Don’t email. Don’t leave a voice message. If you are not able to check, recheck and remove all emotion from your business messages, do not, I repeat, do not, press send.

Gender Parity Includes Addressing LGBTQ Fairness Issues in Workplace

In order for women to achieve gender parity in leadership, the issues of fairness for all employees need attention. The concerns of inclusion and non-discrimination of LGBTQ co-workers are everyone’s concerns. The good news is more U.S. employers are successfully addressing the topic.

Moving in 2017: Women Leaders Power Up on Service, Activism, Change

January serves as a fresh reminder to women leaders of the urgency to get moving. And we are not talking about exercise.

Closing the Disconnect: Inclusion & Gender Equity Is Good Business

Doing the right thing can be the same as doing the smart thing. And culture shifts can happen; top tech companies are proving it.

Known for its raunchy, sexist television commercials as recently as mid-2016, Go Daddy has changed its ways and is throwing its energy into gender parity.

Changing the WorkplaceMichele WeldonJanuary 3, 2017business, Career, Change, gender equality, Michele Weldon, women in the workplaceComment

From Nowhere to The Top: CEO Offers Tips for Women Leaders In Investment Management

Growing up on a farm “in the middle of nowhere” in Ireland, with both her parents leaving school early on, Olive Darragh saw that education “was how you get yourself to where you want to be.”

Start 2017 Right: Working Women Ask For The Raise You Deserve

It’s not always about the money. It could be about a new title. Developmental training. Time off. Perks such as a company car or access to high level conferences and new responsibilities. Flex time.

Finance/MoneyMichele WeldonJanuary 2, 2017gender parity, Michele Weldon, pay gap, raise, women in the workplaceComment

Global Health Startup Founder In Cycle of Success For Women Worldwide

It’s not about the bike.

Though that’s a phrase Lance Armstrong used for the title of his 2001 memoir of cycling and life, for the company Leslie Heyer founded in 2012, it was at first but now isn’t at all about the bike.

Michele WeldonJanuary 2, 2017Authentic Leadership, female entrepreneurs, inspirational women, Women and LeadershipComment

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