Don’t Get Mad: Keys to Calm Negotiating With Tough Partners for Your Win

A newly pervasive culture of shouting matches at school board meetings, city council meetings, citizen meetings with elected officials, youth sports, union meetings, public protests, board meetings, diplomacy meetings and even televised negotiations from the Oval Office have all normalized yelling, name-calling and bullying.

But this behavior is neither normal nor productive. So how do you change the momentum of the moment when you are in a work environment and someone shouts, yells, screams or causes chaos to erupt?

She's Asking For It: Tips For Women In The Workplace On Getting A Raise

It was my third editorial job out of graduate school. After one year working at the weekly magazine, I asked my female boss for a raise.

“My rent has gone up and I need to make more money.”

Leadership tools and tipsMichele WeldonAugust 2, 2016business, Career, Negotiation, pay gap, women in the workplaceComment

After The Fire: Reframing Your Career Path Following Job Loss

Elizabeth Holmes’ fall from grace has a been a very fast and public one. The CEO of Theranos, Inc. was banned recently by U.S. regulators from “owning or operating laboratories for two years, a devastating blow for the blood-testing startup that’s come under scrutiny for risking

Tools and TipsMichele WeldonJuly 18, 2016Career, career path, Leadership, Negotiation, women in the workplaceComment

How to Ask for a Raise or Anything Else You Want

Women are mistakenly too hesitant to fully own up to our own worth, talent, skill; even to step up to our own ambition. From a young age, we are acculturated to feel as though we are not enough, collapsing on false modesty. If you reframe that mentality to acknowledge all that you’ve accomplished in your career and

Tools and TipsAdele ScheeleJanuary 29, 2016Adele Scheele, business, Change, confidence, Equal pay, Negotiation, Women and Power

The Salary Negotiation Advice That Changed My Life

My dad acted like it was no big deal.

He was so casual about it. So matter-of-fact.

We had been talking about my new promotion and, after a few minutes, he asked: “How much of a raise are you getting?”

Finance/Money, ParityMegan FinnertyApril 14, 2015Equal Pay Day, Money, Negotiation, parity Comments

Why Asking for a Raise Is Hard, and How to Do It Anyway

Riddle me this one: In the ten years I worked for the largest education publishing company in the world, I was afraid to ask for a raise. But in December 2014, I was brave enough to resign, change my career path, and start my own business.

Our Favorite Pearls of Wisdom from Carla Harris

On Tuesday, March 3rd, Take The Lead hosted Morgan Stanley banker and gospel singer Carla Harris as the first guest in our 2015 Virtual Happy Hour series. Throughout the session, Carla wowed participants with a master class on being yourself at work and strategizing for success. A few of our favorite pearls of wisdom from the evening are below.

Inspirational Role ModelsTake The LeadMarch 18, 2015Authenticity, Carla Harris, Negotiation, Pearls, Virtual Happy Hour, WisdomComment

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