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...

The 411: Weekly News Update

Happy Sunday! Late, late day today, and so is the 411...Today is Superbowl Day, and as New Englanders, we are gearing up for it, and can't wait...As I'm getting on my Superbowl high, here is a quick update on the news that made this week: In the midst of "Deflate...

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Week-End Pick: NYDJ Jeans

TGIF! I've heard quite a buzz in the press about the NYDJ slimming jeans. Now anything that purports to make me look slimmer while allowing me to snack on cheese nachos and buttered French bread is bound to get my attention, hence today's week-end pick, these skinny...

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Coffee Break: Overwhelmed at Work? Speak Up!

It's January, and for most of us at work, it's just crazy! Year-end deadlines, 10K filings, audit committees, yearly reports, everything is due yesterday. Work is coming at you from every corner, management is running around like a chicken without head (or much of...

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Work It: Floral Baggy Trousers

I don't feature trousers often, because honestly, I tend to get bored with them. Ok, I may be a bit on the overly stylish side, but don't blame me if I like to have fun with my fashion, even at work. Hence today's fun Work It pick, these floral baggy trousers from...

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Call for Contributions!

Are you a woman of color at work who'd like to share your experience in the corporate world? Would you like to contribute a short piece, or maybe answer some of our questions around speaking up at work, navigating the corporate landscape, or overcoming obstacles in...

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There’s An App For That: Refresh

Have you ever gone into a meeting trying to find things in common with the members in attendance so the connection could be as seamless (and least awkward) as possible? Well, of course, there's an app for that...Refresh syncs information with powerful sites such as...

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Work It: Pearl 360 Studs

When it comes to jewelry, and especially jewelry for work, I'm a big fan of pearls. Hence my Work It pick today, this pair of 360 pearl studs from Baublebar. I was a bit dubious about these at first; yet when I saw them on a very classy saleswoman, I was sold! Loving...

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