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...

The Thanksgiving Tax: On the Real Cost of Women’s Holiday Labor

Every Thanksgiving and the ensuing holiday season, many, if not most, women step into an all-too familiar rhythm. It’s the rhythm of tireless planning, strategic coordinating, devoted caretaking, and organizing, smoothing, prepping, cooking, hosting, remembering, and...
What Your Goals Say About You

What Your Goals Say About You

My very good friend Jessie runs marathons. That's her thing, don't ask me, my body and my mind are still trying to get in agreement with the very concept of running or exercise for that matter. Every year, her goal is to run a greater distance than the year before....

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Work It: Contour Dress

Work It: Contour Dress

Saks is having its Friends & Family sale, and lots of items are 30% off. I'm personally loving the cheery pink hue on this Salvador Contour Dress, accented with a contoured cutout at one shoulder. The long sleeves are perfect to transition from winter to Spring,...

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L’Edito: What Have You Changed Lately?

All that you touch you change. All that you change changes you. The only lasting truth is Change. God is Change. - Octavia Butler I have to admit, I'm a creature of habit. I like my routines, my hot cup of coffee, two teaspoons of sugar, one of cream, and my time to...

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The 411: Weekly News Update

Happy happy Sunday! Hope everyone is having a great week-end, we sure are on this side of the blogosphere! The weather has been summer-like, and everyone's been lounging like lizards in the sun. Like right now, as I'm sipping my coffee on the patio, purposefully...

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Week-End Pick: Jacket

  It's Friday!!! I love the look of a nice polished jacket on week-ends to bring a nice touch to an otherwise casual outfit. My week-end pick is this bright 7th Avenue suiting collection jacket from NY&Co. The sunny yellow hue is perfect for Spring, and the...

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10 Tips to Build A Business While Working Full-Time

Many of us are dreaming of working for ourselves, building multi-million dollar businesses and leaving legacies to last well after we're gone. Or we just want to get out of the rat race, have more work-life balance, spend time with our kids, and not ever have to deal...

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Coffee Break: Can You Talk About Equal Pay at Work?

On the heels of Equal Pay Day this week, SheKnows Media hosted an important conversation with no other than President Obama himself around women's issues, such as wage equality, women in tech, student loans and early childhood care. However, as much as most of us are...

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Work It: Print Swing Hem Top

Ooh la la! This Bloomsbury print swing hem top from Whistles "reads" it like it is...It's bold, springy/summery, attention-catching yet sophisticated. It's perfect to jazz up any item in your wardrobe, from clean straight-cut slacks to a traditional pencil skirt. You...

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