4 Simple and Unusual Ways to Upgrade your Career
Whether you’re just starting out in your career, or you already have significant experience, you probably are periodically thinking about what it would take for you to upgrade your career. It may be getting a promotion, transitioning to a different department or...
Representation Matters: Why we need more women of color conferences
As I’m drafting this email, I’m reeling from the last Women of Color in the Academy Conference I attended last week. The theme of this year’s Women of Color in the Academy conference in Boston, held at Northeastern University, was all around self-care as women of...
Sorry not sorry: How to stop apologizing for your success
I used to be really good at apologizing. About anything and everything. But especially about being ambitious, and scoring successes, when I did. Most times, I would flat out lose myself in effusive, long-winded apologies. Other times, I would side-step positive and...
TCS Podcast Episode 18: Working and Living on Purpose
In this episode of The Corporate Sister podcast, I’m discussing the one thing that drives me day in and day out, and that is working and living on Purpose. Or more specifically, the 7-step framework I've been going by to find and stay on purpose in all areas of my...
Ask a CPA: 4 tax tips you must know as a single mom
I have a soft spot for single moms, as I was raised by one. If you ask me, single moms are right up there with the best of superheroes. In addition to being mom and dad, they hold down and businesses, while keeping a roof over their heads and raising kids on their...
I don’t have to choose between career ambition and family: Canceling the Working Mom Struggle
This morning, I was given the choice to pick between my son’s soccer game and doing some work. Considering I was backed up with late deliverables, and the limited amount of time I, like other working moms, get, the proposition was pretty tempting. Maybe I could even...
Weekly News Roundup
Welcome to our career, entrepreneurship, lifestyle and fashion weekly news roundup! Think of it as your online watercooler/work gossip station/coffee break spot for now…Want to add anything to our list? Email us at corporate@thecorporatesister.com! This week in the...
I want to be successful like me: Choosing your unique path and building your own lane
“I want to be like her when I grow up.” I remember as a younger girl, looking at successful, high-achieving women around me and dreaming of being just like them, down to their seven-inch stilettos and perfectly polished hair. Even as a little girl, I was already in...
What do you need to let go of: 3 surprising reasons you may not be successful at work
If you’re finding yourself in situations when you’re not thriving at work, the temptation may be to blame external circumstances or even other people. And you may be justified to do so…It may after all be the boss who’s not giving you the right opportunities, or the...
Ask a CPA: Got Kids? 6 tax breaks you must know as a working parent
Ask a CPA is a column I write as a Certified Public Accountant to share accounting, business and tax knowledge to readers of The Corporate Sister. As a working parent, you know how precious your kids are. You also know how expensive raising them can be. From the...












