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...
Weekly News Roundup

Weekly News Roundup

Welcome to our weekly career, entrepreneurship, lifestyle and fashion 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! In honor of Black...

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Wear to Work: Snow Boots

Wear to Work: Snow Boots

Listen, there's nothing cute about painfully treading your way through the snow with weather-inappropriate shoes, even especially when they're super cute...But that's not a reason to walk around like whodunnitandwhy just because New England's weather decided to go...

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Are You Cheating On Your Marriage with Your Career?

Are You Cheating On Your Marriage with Your Career?

I have a confession: I sleep with my laptop...Right there, on my bedside, with the green light winking at me...I may even, sometimes, rest the palm of my hand on it to make sure it's still right there in the wee hours of morning, when I jump out of bed to write...It's...

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Why Loving What You Do Matters

Why Loving What You Do Matters

What would you do even if you weren't paid for it? That's the question most career or life coaches will ask you when trying to determine your passions and interests. Pretty generic, right? I mean, I could try on designer shoes all day until my feet beg for mercy, if...

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Weekly News Roundup

Weekly News Roundup

Welcome to our weekly career, entrepreneurship, lifestyle and fashion 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!   Happy Black...

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Wear to Work: Colorblock D-Ring Sheath Dress

Wear to Work: Colorblock D-Ring Sheath Dress

Our Wear to Work feature presents workwear for business and professional women in a range of styles and prices. Please note this post contains affiliate links.  There's something about a smart sheath dress that just makes the day a lil' brighter...And if you add to it...

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Why You Should Mind Your Mindset at Work

Why You Should Mind Your Mindset at Work

This post is an excerpt from my e-book "Girl, Take Back Your Career: 7 Steps to Reclaim Your Power at Work".  Very often, we think that what we must do in order to succeed in our careers boils down to one single, powerful and highly celebrated word: Work! Work...

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WGC 004: Transitions, Transitions….

WGC 004: Transitions, Transitions….

Welcome to the first podcast episode of 2017! In this show, we're all about transitions...From the current climate of world transitions, to career, business and life transitions in general as we start 2017. What you’ll learn/listen to/enjoy in this episode: How TCS is...

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