The Sum — The Meaning of This Week: Transform

Word of the week is TRANSFORM.

As in the women who transformed Rwanda.

As in women transforming lives and communities through philanthropy.

As is in a transformational confrontation with one’s power demons.

Gloria FeldtSeptember 19, 201750 Women Can, Gloria Feldt, Philanthropy, The SumComment

You’re Hired! Change The Process To Fill The Gender Gap So Women in Tech Win

The women in tech pipeline problem starts not with whether or not a male or female candidate is hired, but how a candidate is hired.

What Sticks? 10 Keys To Creative Brainstorming For Women Leaders, Entrepreneurs

Brainstorming ideas in order to find creative solutions and approaches to your work can be far more than getting everyone in a room to start throwing spitballs at a wall to see what sticks.

Leadership tools and tipsMichele WeldonSeptember 18, 2017business, Change, Michele Weldon, Tools, women in the workplaceComment

From Zero to 30,000: Together Live Inspires Women Rising to Live With Purpose

“We are zero bullshit.”

It is the fifth core value stated for Together Live, a 10-city tour of thought leaders, activists, authors, artists, athletes and innovators beginning September 18 in Portland, Oregon and culminating in the final event October 26 in Philadelphia, with Take The Lead as a partner.

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All On Boards: Efforts Increase To Place Women Leaders On Corporate Boards

One of the problems is the pipeline.

That’s according to Holly Copeland, director of public affairs and corporate social responsibility at Horizon Pharma. She is on a mission as advisory board member of Matter to “help connect women candidates with large public boards.”

Changing the Power Par...Michele WeldonSeptember 12, 2017Career, equality, Leadership, Michele Weldon, women on boardsComment

To Infinity and Beyond: Women Leaders in Science Open Universe of Possibilities

Forty one years ago, Fran Bagenal was a graduate student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, “and the only woman in our group” working on the plasma instrument for NASA’s Voyager mission to Jupiter.

Career choicesMichele WeldonSeptember 11, 2017business, inspirational women, Michele Weldon, science, Women in STEMComment

The Sum — The Meaning of This Week: Light

Ambition / Intention, Inspirational Role ModelsGloria FeldtSeptember 8, 2017Gloria Feldt, Reese Witherspoon, The Sum, The Voyager, Virtual Happy HourComment

The Good, The Gap and The Capable: How Women Entrepreneurs Fare Globally

Sisters across the globe are doing it for themselves more often and more successfully, new research shows. Yet even though women entrepreneurs in North America have the highest level of innovation, fewer than half of U.S. women entrepreneurs report they have confidence in their capabilities.

ParityMichele WeldonSeptember 7, 2017female entrepreneurs, gender equality, gender gap, Michele Weldon, parity, ResearchComment

Refugee to Winner to COO: Inspiring Young Tech Female Entrepreneurs

“I was born in the middle of nowhere.”

That is how Sophia Mahfooz, the 25-year-old chief operating officer of Girls In Tech, describes the start of her life. Since 1992, she has masterfully moved from her beginnings in Afghanistan near Peshawar, Pakistan to a global position for a non-profit based in Silicon Valley where she can change the lives of young women around the world.

Inspirational Role ModelsMichele WeldonSeptember 5, 2017female entrepreneurs, Michele Weldon, Tech, women in technology, women leadersComment

Never Say Retire: 3 Lessons For Women Entrepreneurs To Reach Their Dreams

Mention retirement to Wendy Lewis and she might get mad. Maybe not mad exactly, but perhaps a tad indignant.

Career successMichele WeldonSeptember 4, 2017business, Career, female entrepreneurs, Leadership, Michele Weldon, women in the workplaceComment

The Sum — The Meaning of This Week: Love

Word of the week is LOVE.

‪As in what matters when your house is flooded.

As in the secret to dealing with hate speech at work.

As in the human capacity to rise higher than Harvey’s waters and help each other.

Tell Me A Story: Powerful Women Leaders Value The Personal Tale

It started with losing her lizard.

Sandy Coletta’s pet bearded dragon, or pogona, had escaped from its cage. As president of Kent Hospital in Rhode Island, Coletta says she wrote about how she felt losing her pet and her efforts to find it in the newsletter for 2,000 employees. There was, of course, a moral to the story, about adaptability and looking for solutions to a problem.

Leadership/OrganizationalMichele WeldonSeptember 1, 20179 Power Tools, Leadership, Michele Weldon, Tools, women in the workplaceComment