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Open The Door: Female Filmmakers Win At Telling Their Stories
Open The Door: Female Filmmakers Win At Telling Their Stories

It was six short films (including two animated works) in one evening of spectacular possibility.

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ParityMichele WeldonAugust 14, 2018Career, Change, equality, film, Michele Weldon, women in filmComment
Find Your Inner Spa: 5 Ways To Relax on Relaxation Day
Find Your Inner Spa: 5 Ways To Relax on Relaxation Day

If I had a dime for each time someone remarked that I look tired or stressed, I would have, well, a lot of dimes.

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Tools and TipsMichele WeldonAugust 13, 2018Michele Weldon, national relaxation day, self care, women leaders, Work/Life BalanceComment
What Color Were Dorothy's Shoes?
What Color Were Dorothy's Shoes?

The book that taught me I could be a leader

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Gloria FeldtAugust 12, 2018books, feminism, gender-equality, Leadership, Women
Money Does More Than Talk: Take The Lead Launches 50 Women Can Change The World In Finance
Money Does More Than Talk: Take The Lead Launches 50 Women Can Change The World In Finance

“Women with money and women in power are two uncomfortable ideas in our society,” Candace Bushnell, author and creator of the Sex and The City franchise, reportedly said.

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EventMichele WeldonAugust 10, 201850 Women Can, 50 Women Can Change The World, 9 Power Tools, events, Gloria Feldt, Michele WeldonComment
Give Yourself Credit: Co-Founders Work To Close The Information Gap
Give Yourself Credit: Co-Founders Work To Close The Information Gap

Most people get credit wrong.

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Tools and TipsMichele WeldonAugust 7, 2018female entrepreneurs, Finance/Money, Michele Weldon, partnership, Tools, women in the workplace Comment
Passion to Action: 5 Ways to Know if You're an Entrepreneur
Passion to Action: 5 Ways to Know if You're an Entrepreneur

Do you dream of starting your own business?

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Gloria FeldtAugust 6, 2018business, entrepreneurship, feminism, gender-equality, Women
Risky Business: Founder Entrepreneur Says Risk Breeds Success
Risky Business: Founder Entrepreneur Says Risk Breeds Success

Risk is a four-letter word to many, and one to be avoided.

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Ambition / IntentionMichele WeldonAugust 6, 2018entrepreneurs, Michele Weldon, Tools, women entrepreneurs, women leaders Comment
Best Offer Yet: New Take The Lead Power Tools Online Course Launches With Live Chats
Best Offer Yet: New Take The Lead Power Tools Online Course Launches With Live Chats

Of all the tasks and endeavors you may do online— shop, pay bills, watch your favorite shows or listen to the latest music—this one online course can change your professional and personal lives forever

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Take The Lead EventsMichele WeldonAugust 3, 20189 Power Tools, education, events, Gloria Feldt, Michele Weldon, women leadersComment
Carry the Spirit of Seneca Falls: Gender Parity in 2018 and Beyond
Carry the Spirit of Seneca Falls: Gender Parity in 2018 and Beyond

Gloria Feldt’s Remarks at Take The Lead Fundraising Event. Linda Stein’s Gallery,  100 Reade Street, NYC, July 18, 2018

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Inspirational Role Models, Movement Building, EventGloria FeldtAugust 2, 201850 Women Can, Gloria Feldt, inspirational women, Kathleen TurnerComment
That’s What She Wrote: 25 Books By, For and About Women in Leadership This Summer
That’s What She Wrote: 25 Books By, For and About Women in Leadership This Summer

It gets tiresome every publishing cycle when lists of recommended business and leadership books feature only male authors or a very few female authors.

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ParityMichele WeldonJuly 31, 2018books, list, Michele Weldon, women leaders, women writersComment
What Do You Do With One Wheel?
What Do You Do With One Wheel?

On an Amazon Prime day whim, I bought a box of LEGOs on sale and created an exercise using them for the “Your Power Journey” workshop I led last weekend at the Omega Institute.

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Gloria FeldtJuly 30, 2018business, gender-equality, Leadership, self-improvement, Women
Getting Outdoors To Look Inward: Women Ramp Up Adventures For Leadership
Getting Outdoors To Look Inward: Women Ramp Up Adventures For Leadership

First of all, her title is worthy of envy.

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Inspirational Role ModelsMichele WeldonJuly 30, 2018female entrepreneurs, Leadership, Michele Weldon, nature, working mothers Comment
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