OK To Cry? Expressing Emotions and Vulnerability Is A New Wave At Work
OK To Cry? Expressing Emotions and Vulnerability Is A New Wave At Work

Raise your hand if you have cried at work.

My hand is up. Once early in my career when a boss was cruel in her comments to me in front of the newsroom and later in my career when a boss viciously chastised me for calling attention to a problem in the organization. Both outbursts were confined to me standing alone at the sink in the ladies’ room.

While this has been a definitively banned reaction for what seems like forever especially for women, new research shows being emotionally vulnerable in the workplace is optimal not just for employees, but for leaders and management.

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Ambition / Intention, Career success, Changing the WorkplaceMichele Weldonemotional intelligence, Workplace CultureComment
Intentioning Democracy: 5 Power Moves Only You Can Make
Intentioning Democracy: 5 Power Moves Only You Can Make

Issue 256 — April 8, 2024

Women who fear they are losing hard won rights and leadership opportunities often ask me what to do about a world in which they see their daughters having fewer voting rights, equal rights, and reproductive rights than they have had.

So when I spoke on April 3, 2024 to the San Antonio 100, I tackled that question by starting with lessons from our history, inspiration that comes from knowing their power, and challenged them to make five power moves to shape the future they want.

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The SumGloria FeldtPower Up Conference, Gloria Feldt, Civil RightsComment
Shirley Chisholm Lessons: 7 Inspirations For Each Level of Your Career
Shirley Chisholm Lessons: 7 Inspirations For Each Level of Your Career

The new film, Shirley, with Regina King as U.S. Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm in her 1972 run for the presidency as the Democratic Party nomination, is a vibrant reminder of the value of male allies and mentorship for younger women.

 In the months leading up to the 2024 presidential election, these are key lessons women can take to heart in every field and into practice at every step of the ladder from college to early career to mid-career and even the highest office in the country.

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Changing the Workplace, Change Leadership, Career successMichele Weldoncareer path, Leadership Power ToolsComment
Social Media Savvy? How and Why To Make Your Digital Presence A Career Booster
Social Media Savvy? How and Why To Make Your Digital Presence A Career Booster

In light of the recent overwhelming vote in the U.S. House of Representatives to ban TikTok in the U.S. due to its Chinese ownership and use of data from its 170 million users, it is prime time to take a look at your own social media use. And what it can and cannot do for you professionally.

Some posts can get you fired. But a positive social media presence and a willingness to expand your digital skills can enhance your career and your standing in the organization.

Just remember, every post lives forever, even when you delete.

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Career successMichele WeldonSocial Media, digital presenceComment
What a Week: Making Women’s History and Future Every Day
What a Week: Making Women’s History and Future Every Day

Issue 254 — March 18, 2024

I absolutely love Women’s History Month. I love it as an opportunity to write into the generally known history the many women who have been overlooked or under-recognized for their accomplishments.

And increasingly, I focus on tomorrow’s history that we each make by our actions today.

Know your history and you can create the future of your choice.

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The SumGloria FeldtWOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH, gender parityComment
Pick up Steam: Are Efforts To Get More Women, Girls in STEM, Tech Working?  
Pick up Steam: Are Efforts To Get More Women, Girls in STEM, Tech Working?  

The Oscar-winning film, “Oppenheimer,” that recently won Best Picture, has stirred national interest in the STEM career of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the nuclear physicist who is called the “father of the atomic bomb” as well as the field of physics.

With a predominantly male cast, in the film set in the 1940s, the closest a woman gets to sharing in scientific work and notoriety is his wife, Kitty, a traditional non-working spouse. Lisa Meitner, a prominent German nuclear Scientist, was asked to work on the project and she refused.

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Career choices, Career success, Changing the WorkplaceMichele WeldonWomen in STEM, Women in TechComment
Get Out The Vote: Women Are A Crucial Element in 2024 Election
Get Out The Vote: Women Are A Crucial Element in 2024 Election

As the 2024 presidential election in November nears, the importance of voting is heightened and the efforts to increase voter turnout become crucial.

Voters identifying as women are key to the election, as more women than men turn out to vote. Efforts to get more women elected and also for more women to vote in the 2024 election are in full swing.

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Change Leadership, Leadership/Political a...Michele WeldonWomen Voters, Elections, Women In PoliticsComment
The #1 Action You Can Take Today To Make Life More #GenderFair
The #1 Action You Can Take Today To Make Life More #GenderFair

Issue 254 — March 3, 2024

How many clip art flowers and pink figures, celebratory Women’s History Month posts have you seen already this March — and we’re just a few days into it? Somehow it seems that many people have forgotten (if they ever knew) that women needed this special month, just as February was Black History Month for the same reason — because the narratives of history have not been written with our lens, and often our accomplishments have been downright ignored — or stolen.

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The SumGloria Feldtgender equality, Gender DiversityComment