On the Invisible Summer Gender Bill (and What to Do When You’re the One Paying It)

Summer gets sold to us as the slow season. Out-of-office replies go up, calendars clear out, and for one hot minute, everything is supposed to breathe a little easier.For a lot of working mothers, it doesn't play out that way. A camp closes early. A colleague is out....

How to Make Small Career Investments that Compound After the Summer 

Every summer, many of us as working women and moms look forward to a slower pace of life: more family time, vacations, a well-deserved break,  and maybe even catching up on postponed projects and finding more time to invest in our careers… And right as the...

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...

Work It: Galentine’s Day Pick

  Happy Galentine's Day! Today is February 13th, also dubbed "Galentine's Day", courtesy of Leslie Knopp from Parks & Recreations! In honor of the day to celebrate other ladies, I've drawn some inspiration from NYFW and selected this fun, girlfriend-ready...

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There’s An App for That: Red Stamp

Did we mention Valentine's Day is right around the corner? Other than your favorite gifts for the career women in your life, there's an app for sending personalized cards, in paper or digital format, out there... It's called Red Stamp, and is available on iOs Android....

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Work It: Stretch Wool Suit

I don't usually feature very many suits, especially in traditional colors, yet this navy The Kooples stretch wool jacket and coordinated pants from Nordstrom caught my attention. Loving the menswear -inspired look of this classic single-button closure stretch wool...

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