And The Winner Is: What We're Missing In Choosing One Winner At A Time

The announcement email is sent around and the name of the executive who everyone said would make the board is right there. He’s about to hit send on his email to the PR person about how glad he is to be joining the board and when, wait, there’s been a mistake and sorry, big mistake, it’s you—the woman who was meant to win it all along. Now he feels what—humiliated, weird, angry—and you feel a joy that is immediately undercut by your own doubt as well as maybe a few whispers as to why you got the nod to take the one empty seat.

Lucky Strike: What Women Leaders Can Do Beyond "A Day Without A Woman"

I literally can’t imagine A Day Without A Woman. I work with women, mentor women. I have sisters. And friends. The majority of my business and professional interactions are with women.

Movement BuildingMichele WeldonFebruary 28, 2017Change, equality, Michele Weldon, women in the workplace, womens movementComment

What's Stress Got To Do With It? Working Women Find Out In Heart Health Month

In the final days of Women’s Heart Health Month this February, it’s the ideal time for working women, women leaders, female innovators, entrepreneurs and CEOs to move forward, address the stress and make a year-long, lifelong plan to destress, for heart’s sake.

Life tools and tipsMichele WeldonFebruary 27, 2017Career, health, Michele Weldon, stress, women in the workplaceComment

Shhhh: Is Keeping Your Personal Business Quiet Best For Women in Leadership?

If you are like me, you have likely been chastised that as a woman in business, you cannot allow your private life to leak into your professional life. Keep your relationship business to yourself. Stay quiet on the home front. The fun front. The hobby front. The relationship front. The complications front.

Changing the WorkplaceMichele WeldonFebruary 22, 2017Career, Michele Weldon, parity, women in the workplace, women leaders, Work/Life BalanceComment

Power Match: Take The Lead, Pink Petro Launch Collaboration at HERWorld17

The Pink Petro HERWorld Energy Forum on International Women’s Day 2017 marks the official launch of the collaboration between Pink Petro and Take The Lead, an international nonprofit organization dedicated to preparing, developing, inspiring and propelling women to take their fair and equal share of leadership positions across all sectors by 2025.

Take The Lead EventsTake The LeadFebruary 22, 20179 Power Tools, Career, Gloria Feldt, Michele Weldon, women in the workplaceComment

For Women in The Workplace, Does Loving Your Job Matter?

Washington Post publisher and owner Katharine Graham reportedly once said, “To love what you do and feel that it matters, how can anything be more fun?”

Career successMichele WeldonFebruary 21, 20179 Power Tools, Career, happiness, Michele Weldon, women in the workplaceComment

#BlackWomenLead: Co-Founder Urges Black Women in Leadership to Engage, Run

“Black women are not a monolith,” says Kimberly Peeler-Allen, co-founder of Higher Heights For America, an organization dedicated and committed to increasing black women’s political engagement.

Survey Says: Women Leaders Want Flex Time, Balance, Engagement, Recognition

Consider this the Cliff Notes version. The skimming has been done for you, saving you time reading the 214 pages of Gallup’s latest tome, “State of The American Workplace,” with what you need to know as women leaders.

Michele WeldonFebruary 17, 2017Career, Michele Weldon, Women and Leadership, Work/Life BalanceComment

Happy B-Day to Susan B.: Wear Red And Take Action As Women Leaders

“The day may be approaching when the whole world will recognize woman as the equal of man,” said Susan B. Anthony, who was born February 15, 1820 and is best remembered as the suffragist who helped women earn the right to vote.

Leadership Power ToolsMichele WeldonFebruary 14, 20179 Power Tools, equality, female entrepreneurs, Gloria Feldt, Michele WeldonComment

I Love Me: Women In The Workplace Can Employ Mindfulness This Valentine’s Day

It’s not selfish, narcissistic, spoiled or just trendy. It’s healthy.

Women in the workplace can use and benefit from mindfulness practices and self-care perhaps more than men, research finds. That may have to do with the propensity for working women—and working mothers especially— to multitask most every hour of the day.

Tools and TipsMichele WeldonFebruary 13, 2017Career, Michele Weldon, mindfulness, tips & tools, women in the workplaceComment

She Persisted: Lessons For Women Leaders On Using Their Voices

It’s already a t-shirt, in many different stylesfrom multiple sources, plus it’s a tote bag.One version is on amazon. Many benefit different organizations, from the Southern Poverty Law Center to the ACLU, with styles that benefit their causes.

Shetopia: Are Women-Only Spaces Ideal For Women In The Workplace?

There was the rise of the bro-palace open office space sparked by Silicon Valley with ping pong tables, video games and kegs of beer in the office lunchroom. Many women who worked in those spaces wondered when it would be time to flip the switch and honor the preferences of some of the women who might reside there. Most just went along with the male-heavy ride.

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