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...
Why Your Career Needs a Strong Personal Brand

Why Your Career Needs a Strong Personal Brand

You know those terms that sound really cool, but hardly anyone knows what they really mean. Like "personal brand" for instance...You hear the term being thrown around in networking events and career discussions here and there, but really, what does it mean? When I...

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Wear this Weekend: Patchwork Boyfriend Jean

Wear this Weekend: Patchwork Boyfriend Jean

Our “Wear toWork” feature presents a piece of workwear, along with great alternatives, for stylish corporate sisters. So I've been checking out the latest Fall "deconstructed denim" trend. I have to say, the idea of patching different types of denim on one single...

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Weekly News Roundup

Weekly News Roundup

This is our weekly career and lifestyle news update, where we round up exciting news of the last week and we let you have it…ahem, news-wise that is… Think of it as your career gossiping section on steroids… And while you’re at it,  follow us on Facebook, Twitter,IG,...

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Wear to Work: Pajama Shirt Dress

Wear to Work: Pajama Shirt Dress

Our "Wear toWork" feature presents a piece of workwear, along with great alternatives, for stylish corporate sisters. If you thought the concepts of pajamas and workwear would never co-exist, think again! It's actually one of the biggest fashion trends for Fall 2016!...

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Use this mindset tip to break out of a career rut

Use this mindset tip to break out of a career rut

After working as a news co-anchor on Baltimore WJZ-TV, Oprah was demoted to a lower position on morning TV. Years later, she went on to dominate daytime TV for all of 25 years, and now has her own network. After failing to make the 1968 Olympic Skating figure, Vera...

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Where to Shop for Stylish Plus-Size Workwear

Where to Shop for Stylish Plus-Size Workwear

Traci, one of my readers, left a comment on the blog the other day, asking for plus-size suggestions of workwear. So I decided to write a post on where to shop for stylish, elegant clothing in plus sizes (and I'll also be adding plus-size options to each Corporate...

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4 Signs It’s Time for A Move In Your Career

4 Signs It’s Time for A Move In Your Career

It’s that time again on Sunday night, when you find yourself slouched up on the couch, scrolling through your Facebook feed and chomping on that last chocolate chip cookie. Sounds familiar? If it does, then you’re right there with about 65% of American workers who...

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Week-End Pick: Off-Shoulder Top

Week-End Pick: Off-Shoulder Top

Our Week-End Pick features a piece of clothing or an accessory that complements any corporate sister's week-end wardrobe.  Off-shoulder top fans, breathe easy! The trend is not disappearing with Summer going away. Actually, it's transitioning quite well into the Fall...

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Weekly News Roundup

Weekly News Roundup

This is our weekly career and lifestyle news update, where we round up exciting news of the last week and we let you have it…ahem, news-wise that is… Think of it as your career gossiping section on steroids… And while you’re at it,  follow us on Facebook, Twitter,IG,...

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