Law, Order & Pantyhose: Law Firm Addresses Gender Parity Fairly

What’s fair is fair.

Issue 63 — August 26, 2018 Hold onto Bella’s hat, mind Alice’s admonition, and follow Sojourner’s truth. It’s Women’s Equality Day again. Again. August 26. First so designated by the 1971 legislative initiative of the inimitable NY Congresswoman Bella Abzug to commemorate

Gloria FeldtAugust 26, 2018feminism, gender-equality, sojourner-truth, Women, womens-equality-day

Persistence On Parity: CEO Creates A Culture of Gender Equity in Digital Agency

For the tough conversations in her 800-person company, Ansira, CEO Daina Middleton, says she established code language “to get real.”

Ambition / IntentionMichele WeldonAugust 24, 2018Career, CEO, Change, Michele Weldon, women in the workplace, women leadersComment

Get It Done: When Will Women Have True Equality in U.S.?

We get it that this is not Iceland. Iceland is No. 1 on the “World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Index, which ranks 144 countries based on how close they are to achieving gender equality,” Melissa Jun Rowley writes in Forbes. The U.S. ranks 45th. “According to the Global Gender

ParityMichele WeldonAugust 21, 2018Equal pay, equality, Michele Weldon, Women's equality day, womens movementComment

Show Me The Way: Splash VP Offers Tips on Being Best Mentor and Mentee

Sometimes the worst example offers the best lesson.

Tools and TipsMichele WeldonAugust 20, 2018business, Career, mentor, mentorship, Michele WeldonComment

How did you get to be you? 3 Aspects Shared by Women Leaders

Stop. Before you read further, take one minute to answer this for yourself. How did you get to be you?

Gloria FeldtAugust 20, 2018crazy-rich-asians, feminism, gloria-steinem, Leadership, womens-equality-day

Crazy, Rich? IRL Asian American Women Fight Bamboo Ceiling to Succeed

“Crazy Rich Asians” is a critical hit and a box office stunner with $34 million in box office receipts the first week reaching broad audiences as the sleek Hollywood adaptation of Kevin Kwan’s bestselling novel directed by Jon M. Chu with an Asian cast.

MediaMichele WeldonAugust 17, 2018Asian Women, film, Michele Weldon, race, women in film, women of colorComment

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.

ParityMichele WeldonAugust 14, 2018Career, Change, equality, film, Michele Weldon, women in filmComment

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.

Tools and TipsMichele WeldonAugust 13, 2018Michele Weldon, national relaxation day, self care, women leaders, Work/Life BalanceComment

What Color Were Dorothy's Shoes?

The book that taught me I could be a leader

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

“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.