Working Mothers and The Perception of Working Less
Many working mothers in Big Corporate have to make different, and drastic decisions, especially when it comes to work. What with the cost and scarcity of childcare, to simply the kids' schedules being different and tighter than everybody else (even with after-school...
Lunch Break: Ponte Pleated Fit-and-Flare Dress
For our lunch break today, we are so feeling the fit-and-flare trend, not just because it is calling Spring by name, but also because it is so flattering on most body shapes. For our pick today, we are taking advantage of the Spring sale at Banana Republic, with this...
I Too, Am Corporate
When I heard of the "I too am Harvard" campaign, a photo campaign highlighting the faces and voices of Black students at Harvard, and highlighting the issues affecting Black students at Harvard, as a Black woman, an ex-Black student, and a Black woman in a...
Lunch Break: Issa Wrap Dress
For our lunch break today, we are definitely in Spring mode with this Issa wrap-effect dress from The Outnet. The site has been having a wonderful sale, and although this dress may be a bit of a splurge with a price tag of $240, remember that is has been discounted...
Face Time or Work Time: Are We Buying Into A False Myth of Productivity?
One of the major complaints that I hear from many a corporate sister is that unfortunately commitment is very often measured in terms of "face time" as opposed to real "work time" in the corporate game. "My manager expected me to leave after him every day, which meant...
What Inspired Us This Week…
Happy Sunday! This week has been a long one, what with the time change and all on the East Coast...But we're alive and back, and ready to tell you what we've been reading and what has inspired us this week in the media: On the heals of Sheryl Sandberg's new #banbossy...
Lunch Break: Seamed Fit and Flare Dress
For our lunch break today, we are still on the same Spring wave length with this seamed fit and flare dress in sensational pink from NY&Co. Yes, you read right, sensational pink...at work! With the arrival of Spring, colors are starting to make a comeback, and...
When You Work With Your Spouse…
One of our readers posed the interesting, yet potentially problematic, situation of spouses working together in the same company, or even better (or worse), in the same department within the same company. As ambitious corporate sisters, how do we behave and set...
Lunch Break: No Idea What to Wear? There’s an App for it…
Pose App So you have a lunch meeting with the boss and some outside consultants and have no idea what to wear? Or the weather is going to be despicable in Seattle and you're flying out tomorrow for the week? What to wear, what to wear? Busy corporate sisters like to...
Don’t #banbossy, Teach Young Girls Right from the Start
Happy Tuesday! I was listening to NPR earlier about the #banbossy initiative by Sheryl Sandberg and the Lean In movement. Basically, the #banbossy is a continuation of Sandberg's Lean In movement for women and girls to create for themselves more opportunities for...
