Praise or Pay: How to Turn Appreciation and Invisible Labor into Pay as a Working Mom

Every year on Mother's Day, organizations show their appreciation for working mothers with symbols of gratitude—thank-you cards, flowers, appreciation emails. While these are heartwarming and certainly welcome, they rarely translate into actual benefits at work....

Why Hard Work Is Not Enough: What Women Should Know About Meritocratic Systems (and How to Beat Them)

As a working woman, the idea of meritocracy may have been introduced earlier on in life to you. From popular advice to widely accepted success principles, merit-based guidance may have followed you all throughout your education and career.  “Work hard. Be...

Are You Being Financially Discounted at Work? How to Recognize It, and Correct It

Have you ever walked out of a compensation conversation feeling like something didn’t quite add up?Not because you underperformed.Not because you lacked results.But because the offer felt… cautious. Conservative. Tempered.As if someone quietly adjusted the forecast on...

New Year, New Career? Why Women’s Careers Don’t Reset in January (and What to Do About It)

New year, new career? Or is it? The start of the year is supposed to feel like a career reset. New goals. New momentum. New clarity about where you’re headed professionally. And the hope that last year is behind you and this one will be better, or at least...

When the Holidays Meet Performance Reviews: How to Handle the Weight of the Season

It’s year-end again, and here we are steeped in year-end deadlines, holiday shopping, festivities planning, and…year-end performance review time at work. If you’ve ever wondered why year-end feels like an exhausting test on the home and work front, you are far from...
Corporate Catwalk: Print V-Neck Top

Corporate Catwalk: Print V-Neck Top

This Catherine Malandrino "Rea" print V-neck top takes me straight to some tropical oasis in my mind... Loving the happy prints on this elegant and easy cap-sleeve top, set on a soft pink background. The print pattern is perfect for Spring. Not to mention the...

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Corporate Catwalk: Peaks Point Wedge

Corporate Catwalk: Peaks Point Wedge

For our Corporate Catwalk pick today, these Peaks Point leather nubuck pointy toe wedges from Free People had me at "Hellur"! Loving the combination of the sophisticated pointy toe with the luxe material, bringing this otherwise casual shoe to star level. The easily...

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Weekly News Roundup

Weekly News Roundup

This is our weekly career and lifestyle news update, where we round up exciting news of the last week and we let you have it…ahem, news-wise that is… Think of it as your career gossiping section on steroids… And while you’re at it,  follow us on Facebook, Twitter,IG,...

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Corporate Catwalk: Floral Gathered Dress

Corporate Catwalk: Floral Gathered Dress

'Tis the season for floral dresses! When it comes to the floral trend, I have to admit being careful to tread that fine line between looking elegant and work/appropriate, and looking like a field of lilies in full bloom at the Board meeting.... Hence today's...

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Are You Too Intense at Work?

Are You Too Intense at Work?

We've all met that person at work. She has to read all the policies and procedures before any meeting, comes up with a lengthier report than everyone else's, and is just way too...intense. Every deadline is life-or-death situation, and frankly, working with her feels...

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Weekly Roundup News

Weekly Roundup News

This is our weekly career and lifestyle news update, where we round up exciting news of the last week and we let you have it…ahem, news-wise that is… Think of it as your career gossiping section on steroids… And while you’re at it,  follow us on Facebook, Twitter,IG,...

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Coffee Break: Should you vent at work…about work?

Coffee Break: Should you vent at work…about work?

So we all know unfortunate things happen at work...Things like the Kelly Ripa and Michael Strahan drama, or down in the non-celebrity world, like when your boss pulls an icky assignment on you, or your colleague steals your thunder in the team meeting... After all, we...

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