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...

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...

Lunch Break: Posey Dress

Happy Wesnesday! Spring is in the air...or at least on our minds! And as we are contemplating the spring trends this year, florals are definitely coming to mind...hence our fashion pick today! We selected this Posey dress from Kate Spade, which by the way is having up...

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How to Beat the Competition Before 9 am

The corporate world is not your neighborhood's annual barbecue fest. There's a reason why it's often called the "corporate jungle". It's tough, and to succeed in it, especially as a corporate sister, you've got to be able to roll with the punches. And not even that is...

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Lunch Break: Asymmetrical Wrap Skirt

We are sooo looking forward to Spring, it's not even funny...And so do our closets and fashion files, which is why for our lunch break today, we are showcasing one of the upcoming trends of this Spring: the wrap skirt. Think pencil skirt with an edge! The interesting...

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Career Stressing You Out? Use it to Your Advantage

Most of us are stressed out at work, that's a fact! Too much work, too little work, too many responsibilities, not enough responsibilities, bad bosses, could-care-less bosses, absent bosses, wrong jobs, not-quite right careers: stress, stress, stress! The most common...

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Lunch Break: Blocked Hem Shirt Dress

It's Monday...again! And to brighten up the mood a bit, we are loving this nautical-inspired, blocked hem shirt dress from Talbots. It has a light spring feel, while still being classic enough for work and for all seasons. We may be anticipating a big on spring...

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Why You’re the Smartest Woman in the Room

Happy Monday! Need a boost to start the week? There's one thing that Dear Hubby has been telling me for years since I entered the corporate workforce, that I never pay much attention to. Yet lately as I've faced some of my most important, and most life-altering career...

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