Get The Memo: Author Minda Harts' 6 Ways Women Of Color Can Get To The Table

“Success is not a solo sport,” says Minda Harts, CEO of The Memo, a career development platform for women of color and author of the new bestselling book, The Memo: What Women of Color Need To Know To Secure A Seat At The Table.

Career success, Ambition / Intention, Change Leadership, Leadership tools and tipsMichele WeldonSeptember 3, 2019entrepreneurship, women in business, Women of Color, Success, NetworkingComment

How to Celebrate Labor Day: Sit in the High Seats

Issue 106 — September 2, 2019 Are you one of the 46 percent of Americans who’ll barbecue over Labor Day weekend? Will it be ribs, hot dogs, burgers, or veggies? Or will you be one of the 25 percent who’ll be shopping? Google “Labor Day” and the majority of top hits involve Labor Day sales.

Changing the Power Par..., Changing the Workplace, Inspirational Role Models, Leadership/Organizational, Movement BuildingGloria FeldtSeptember 2, 2019Unions, Labor Day, Workplace, Women, PowerComment

The Future of CBD: A Space For Women Innovators and Investors

Make no mistake. There is nothing chill about Reset Bioscience, a company with a line of CBD products centered on your health, wellness and relaxation. Nina Parikh-Thomas will be the first to assure you this company is relentless in its research and mission to deliver THC-free products to relax you. The executive director of Global Affairs at Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical, Inc., is an adviser to Reset, but also a major investor.

Changing the Power Par..., Changing the Workplace, Change Leadership, Career success, Career choicesMichele WeldonSeptember 2, 2019Cannabis, Women Innovators, Parity, Wellness, HealthComment

Future is Wow: 2 STEM Leaders Offer Inspiration, Advice In Sciences

Both Arianne Hunter and Vanessa Sanchez have been proud of being nerdy from a young age. As recipients of the CAS Future Leaders program in its 10th year from the American Chemical Society, they are two of 29 PhD students and postdoctoral researchers in the sciences chosen this year from 16 countries.

Career choices, Ambition / Intention, Changing the Power Par..., Inspirational Role ModelsMichele WeldonAugust 30, 2019science, women in technology, Career Advice, Inspirational WomenComment

99 Years and Counting: 5 Actions You Can Take For Women’s Equality Day

Ninety-nine years ago on August 26, women won the right to vote in the U.S., with the passage of the 19th Amendment. It wasn’t until Bella Abzug (D-NY) in 1971 proposed a Joint Resolution of Congress that that day be designating Women’s Equality Day. It was passed two years later in 1973.

Changing the Power Par..., Leadership/Organizational, Movement Building, Parity, EventMichele WeldonAugust 20, 2019Equality Day, Paradigm For Parity, Voting, Funding, Take The Lead Online Store, ProgressComment

Shaving for Success: Women, Work, and How to Dance on the Two-Edged Sword of Likeability

I remember when I was eleven years old and begged my mother to let me start shaving my legs. That, I thought, would be a true symbol that I was becoming a woman. Fast forward to this article by law professor Joan C. Williams in the August 16, 2019, New York Times opinion section entitled “How Women Can Escape the Likeability Trap.”

Career success, Ambition / Intention, Changing the Workplace, Tools and Tips, Women Like YouGloria FeldtAugust 19, 2019Feminism, Workplace Culture, Article Review, Bias, LikeabilityComment

“Popularity is Overrated” Or What Bernadette Can Teach Us About Likability & Ambition

“Popularity is overrated.” This may be the best and most telling line for women looking for purpose in their work—in spite of a “likeability problem.” She admits at one point, “I’m nobody’s friend.” Spoken by Bernadette Fox, played by Cate Blanchett in the new film, “Where’d You Go, Bernadette?” these phrases are protest against shame, judgment, social ridicule and even mean girls.

Ambition / Intention, Changing the Workplace, Change Leadership, Life tools and tips, ParityMichele WeldonAugust 19, 2019Where'd You Go Bernadette?, likeability and success, Ambition, Gender Bias, Workplace CultureComment

Listen Up: Take The Lead Launches Weekly Podcasts To Offer Solutions

Sundays may be the traditional day of rest for some, but Sundays are now also the day to take time for yourself to listen, learn and continue building the career of your dreams. The newly launched Take The Lead Women Podcast with Gloria Feldt, co-founder and president of Take The Lead, is a free weekly foray into inspiration that will help listeners define their purpose, own their power and learn leadership secrets from a variety of guests, as well as Feldt.

Changing the Power Par..., Life tools and tips, Parity, Take The Lead Launch, Leadership Power ToolsMichele WeldonAugust 16, 2019Podcast, Leadership Lessons, Gloria Feldt, Power Tools, Guest StarsComment

Twin Purpose: Entrepreneur Sisters Coach Women For Success

Growing up in Argenta, Illinois, a town of 900, twin sisters Jan and Jillian Yuhas were very close. Now living in Chicago, the co-founders of the coaching firm, Entwined Lifestyle, are still finishing each other’s sentences—in unison.

Michele WeldonAugust 13, 2019Comment

The Diversity Divide: How Two Words Clash and so Do the Worlds They Represent

I can’t imagine that anyone would be surprised by this August 11, 2019 headline in the New York Times citing research that correlates hatred of women with mass shooters more consistently than any other characteristic. As the nation reels from the past week’s events, the evidence mounts that misogyny runs deep in the veins of disaffected men most likely to fit the profile of those who perpetrate acts such as last week’s mass murders in El Paso and Ohio.

Change Leadership, Changing the Power Par..., Changing the Workplace, Mentors and SponsorsGloria FeldtAugust 12, 2019Diversity, Workplace Culture, Parity, Leadership, MisogynyComment

Female Majority: 5 Ways Saba Creates Culture of Gender Equity

At a time when observers decry that the lack of parity of women in leadership is not a pipeline problem, but a systems problem, it appears that Saba Software has effective solutions. The 22-year-old California-based company with 1,400 employees in 26 countries, has a leadership ratio of 55 percent females at the top, says Debbie Shotwell, chief people officer at the talent management solutions provider.

Career success, Changing the Power Par..., Changing the Workplace, Leadership tools and tipsMichele WeldonAugust 12, 2019Workplace Culture, Hiring Advice, Diversity, Saba Software, ManagementComment

Opportunities Made By A Black Woman: Founder Helps Launch Ideas

Shelly Bell acknowledges she is a super cool person. But, also, “I am a nerd,” says the founder of Black Girl Ventures, which recently received $450,000 in funding over two years from the Ewing Marion Kaufmann Foundation. Bell’s company that she founded in Washington, D.C. in 2016 “is dedicated to offering comprehensive education and advisory services that outline a road map for the growth and success of minority and/or veteran women entrepreneurs.