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: Leather-Waist Dress

I'm loving this Carmen Marc Valco cap-sleeve leather-waist dress from Bergdorf Goodman. The classic, timeless elegance of the puffed cap sleeves and sheath silhouette is perfect for work or even a semi-formal evening. And of course, the originality of the leather...

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The 411: Weekly News Update

  Enjoy our posts? Like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter or Pinterest! Happy Sunday! Hope everyone is enjoying this long week-end, and hopefully having a lazy Sunday morning...No lazy Sunday mornings on my side of the blogosphere (Dear Daughter and Dear Son...

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10 Things Women on TV Teach Us About Our Careers

Happy Friday, and TGIF! I can't wait for this Fall to indulge in one of my guilty pleasures: watching TV. Except this time I have a good excuse: women, strong, career women, are roaring this Fall on TV! From Viola Davis in "How to get away with murder" (ABC, September...

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Coffee Break: Peep Toe Booties

Fall is arriving fast, and every year as I roam through store shelves lined with the latest and greatest collections of alluring booties, I keep wondering "Would this one be appropriate for work?", or "Does this one look too edgy, biker chic or like I've regressed to...

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Work It: Short Sleeve Sheath Dress

It's back to black and white, and I kinda like it! Nothing says elegance and sophistication than a play on these two opposite colors. As in this Black Halo Dayton short sleeve sheath dress from The Cusp by Neiman Marcus. The contrast basket weave on this dress is...

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