The Corporate Sister is a platform and community for and of working women and moms committed to working and living on purpose, according to their own definition of success, and promoting gender diversity in the workplace.
4 types of gender biases in performance reviews you should look out for
As one of the only women at work, I used to dread performance review time, especially at year-end. Although I was supposed to know what to expect, it was most often a somewhat unclear, hence stressful experience. However, the more I’ve grown personally and...
Got Dense Breasts? Why You Should Care and How It Affects Your Breast Cancer Risk
The letter came in the mail a couple of days before I even got a chance to open it. It was a routine mammogram I thought nothing of, like most of the other mammograms I had done before. Except this one was a tad different… The word “abnormal” jumped at me from the...
From Career Sacrifice to Career Focus: Managing your Career in a Sustainable Way as a Working Woman
Have you ever wondered how you can advance your career while being a woman, wife and/or mother, and not having to work 40+ hours every week? Have you ever considered cloning yourself so you could do all the things, everywhere at the same time? You’re certainly not the...
TCS Podcast Episode 56: The Summer Recap Edition
This episode is a summer recap for my working women and moms, looking back at the reality of the summer mental load, the power of doing nothing at all (yes, it's possible!), and how to make our careers hot again in the summer months (without sacrificing our summer fun...
No More Confidence Bias! How I’m redefining confidence as a working woman and mom
How many times have you heard women “need to be more confident at work”? How many times have you yourself, in your own career and life experience, been told that you needed to be more confident? And if you happen to be confident, how many times have you perceived or...
How to build a schedule that works better for you.
How many times have you wondered why there are not more hours in a day? How many times have you been so frazzled, stressed, and paralyzed at the thought that you don't have enough time to do everything that's on your plate? And how often do you find yourself at the...
You Can Find Your Purpose Right Where You Are
“How do I even begin to find my purpose?” "I don’t know what my purpose is." “I don’t even have time to sit somewhere for a minute, never mind think about finding my purpose.” Whenever I start talking about purpose with a fellow working mom or working woman, I get...
4 Belief Systems that Keep You Trapped At Work and in Life
As working women, the challenges facing us at work and in life are numerous. While many of these challenges come from external circumstances, some of them are very much internal. As a matter of fact, some of the most powerful obstacles that keep us trapped at work and...
TCS Podcast Episode 57: 4 Genders Biases To Look Out For in Your Performance Review
In this episode, I discuss 4 gender biases to look out for in your performance review as a working woman and mom at work. These biases include: the language bias the visibility bias the proximity bias the ingroup bias Listen in for more awareness around these...
Is gratitude a trap for women? How to navigate the gratitude trap as a woman
I remember it like it was yesterday. I had just left a well-paying job with benefits, with no backup plan other than following my purpose. With two young children, a mortgage and bills shared with my husband, I took the most dangerous leap of faith I could have ever...
TCS Podcast Episode 56: The Summer Recap Edition
This episode is a summer recap for my working women and moms, looking back at the reality of the summer mental load, the power of doing nothing at all (yes, it's possible!), and how to make our careers hot again in the summer months (without sacrificing our summer fun...
The Rest Bias for Women: Uncovering the Struggle and Power of Doing Nothing as a Working Woman
For the first time in my adult life, I took a month off. An entire month off, traveling, seeing new places, swimming in the ocean and mostly “being” as opposed to “doing”. And it shocked the entire heck out of my system, my overachieving, productivity-minded, A-type...