The Movement Blog — Take The Lead

Start Your Power Journey At Omega With Take The Lead This Summer

“This is the meta moment.”

Take The Lead EventsMichele WeldonMay 24, 2018events, Gloria Feldt, omega institite, partnerships, PowerComment

Caps Off To Gender Parity in 2018 Commencement Speeches

I have participated in 22 graduations.

Feeling Good About Funding Women’s Health: CEO’s FemTech Goals

If Trish Costello, CEO of Portfolia since 2014, has her way, there will be no financial cliff where founders of tech startups catering to women and girls can fall to their financial ruin. Her goal is specific and clear: 100,000 women to invest in Portfolia funds in five years. The rec

Ambition / IntentionMichele WeldonMay 21, 2018business, Investing, Michele Weldon, women in business, women leadersComment

The Whole World Is Getting a Spring Cleaning.

I was never much of a housekeeper. “Shmutz,” my husband lovingly calls me while he cleans up the place. I long ago decided I’d rather spend my precious time changing the world than vacuuming it.

Gloria FeldtMay 18, 2018diversity, feminism, Leadership, self-improvement, Women

Skin Deep Leadership: Women Need To Lead Skincare Companies For Women

Just one. It’s all you need.The skincare industry is mired in redundancies with so many products promising to solve one specific skin problem at a time. Dr. Mirela Mitan sought to change that, and after 25 years in cosmetics and pharmaceuticals research and development, the biochemist went off on her own

Stand By Me: 6 Effective Ways To Share the Stage With Collaborators

As a university professor, workshop instructor and seminar leader for the past 20 years, I often share the stage, lectern, classroom and panel with other co-leaders.

Run The World: 50 Women In Healthcare Leadership Spark Change

At 15, Lisa Mead knew what she wanted to do with her life. She started volunteering on Wednesdays after school and on Sundays at St. Charles Hospital in Port Jefferson, New York. “I loved it,” says Mead, the founder of Arizona Women in Healthcare

Networking with PurposeMichele WeldonMay 14, 2018healthcare, medicine, Michele Weldon, Networking, women leadersComment

How to know the future

I attended “The Future of Everything” conference this week. Hosted by The Wall Street Journal, it featured an array of speakers as sparkling as Sarah Jessica Parker’s shoes, in short panels that provided just enough fodder to get your brain synapses firing like popcorn.

Gloria FeldtMay 11, 2018business, future, gender-equality, Leadership, self-improvement

Subminimum Wage, Maximum Harassment: Changing Restaurant Industry For Women

In the NBC-TV show, “Rise,” the character Vanessa Suarez is a single mother who works in a diner and is consistently sexually harassed, poked, touched and demeaned by the owner, her boss.

Can’t Ignore Me In My Red Lipstick: Why Makeup At Work Matters

It’s on. The makeup, that is. And it’s on for a reason.

Career choicesMichele WeldonMay 8, 2018equality, make up, Michele Weldon, women in the workplace, women leadersComment

Leader of The Pack: 7 Leadership Styles To Choose For You, Your Team

If you are new to leadership or if you are considering shifting, polishing or adding a new leadership style, here are seven distinct leadership styles you can adopt.It’s best to lead in a style that feels authentic and close to your way of thinking and doing.