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...

Work It: Embellished Wool Sweater

As the holiday season is officially upon us (and so is the cold weather), I've been on the lookout for festive yet cozy sweaters, that would look just as good in the office than at my in-laws' Thanksgiving gathering. Hence today's pick, this embellished merino wool...

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Work It: Liv Jacket

I like this vibrant Lafayette 148 Liv jacket from Bloomingdale's. It's design is as unexpected as it is fresh, yet still professional enough for the office. The round neck, long sleeves, and concealed hook closure make it great for work, while the zebra print adds a...

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Work It: Cutout Pin Dress

I'm in fashion lust with this Raoul Salvador contour cutout pin dress from Neiman Marcus. Loving the standout magenta collar of this statuesque dress, and the original shoulder cutout with a bar brooch pin. Stunning! At $425, this dress is definitely a splurge, yet...

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Why Thanksgiving is Great For Your Career

Why Thanksgiving is Great For Your Career

It's the countdown to Thanksgiving! Menus are being planned, families are getting ready to gather, some for better, others for worse, and we're all ready to go ahead and think of those people, events and things we are thankful for (and those  we have other, much less...

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The 411: Weekly News Update

Happy Sunday! Hope everyone is having a great week-end, as we're preparing to celebrate Thanksgiving! Here is my weekly news update: In great women's leadership news this week, the Wall Street Journal celebrates the US naming its first female Postmaster General; In...

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