Older, Wiser, Unwanted: Shifting From Ageism To Equality In Workplace

You may not know it, but your peak earning age is 42 years old.

“After that, it’s downhill across all industries,” says Dave Weisbeck, chief strategy officer of Visier.

ParityMichele WeldonOctober 10, 2017equality, Michele Weldon, older women, parity, women in the workplaceComment

Delicious: Getting Your Ideas As Women Leaders To Catch On

If your idea was edible, would it be broccoli or would it be a cheeseburger?

Jonah Berger, author and marketing professor at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania told an audience in Chicago for the Engage 2017 conference recently, “Ideas do not sell themselves. The notion that if an idea is good, people will share it, is wrong.”

Leadership tools and tipsMichele WeldonOctober 9, 2017Branding, communication, marketing, Michele Weldon, ToolsComment

Mostly The Law Won: Fighting Gender Discrimination For Equality in Workplace

Sometimes the law is on your side in cases of employment discrimination. And sometimes it isn’t.

Women Leaders in Science Under Microscope: Funding Needed For STEM Careers

A gift from her father when she was 8 years old sent Jean Bennett onto a career path in science and medicine, one that will benefit generations to come.

Michele WeldonOctober 2, 2017Comment

No Free Beer, Just Balance: Tech Co-Founder Creates Workplace Solutions

Sara Mauskopf, CEO and co-founder of Winnie, an app that has been called a Yelp for parents, knows all about the benefits offered by tech giants in Silicon Valley. She worked as a consumer technology and product management at Twitter, YouTube, Google and Postmates.

Career successMichele WeldonOctober 2, 2017Michele Weldon, Startup, women in the workplace, Work/Life Balance, working mothersComment

Marketplace of Ideas Leaning Female? Agency CEO Works For Inclusion

Pam Hamlin will tell you it’s in her genes.

The CEO since 2013 of Arnold Worldwide, a global creative and advertising agency, says her father’s career was in marketing and investments, and her mother was a designer.

Changing the WorkplaceMichele WeldonSeptember 29, 2017advertising, marketing, Michele Weldon, women in the workplace, women leadersComment

Powertopia: Join Take The Lead Day Moving Women Leaders To Gender Parity

What if you could take one day to change the world as we know it?

Imagine a day spent discovering solutions and employing specific strategies and tools to achieve gender equity in leadership across all fields and disciplines by 2025.

EventMichele WeldonSeptember 29, 2017events, Michele Weldon, take the lead day, women leaders, women's conferencesComment

Mad About You: 7 Ways To Flip Angry Woman Gender Bias In Your Favor

She’s on a rampage. She’s emotional, hormonal, intense, angry.

Whether a woman at work is young, pregnant or older, she is at times labelled angry all the same. Chances are if you are a woman in business, you have been accused of being too emotional with anger assigned to you that is not there.

Want to Be Paid Fairly? Join a Tech Company with More Women Leaders

We already know that companies with more women executives are more profitable. But these companies are also paying their female employees more fairly, according to a new analysis by Redfin and PayScale. The gender pay gap is half the size at tech companies with more women executives.

ParityBridget FreySeptember 25, 2017equality, parity, pay gap, Research, wage gapComment