The Corporate Sister

How do you build a sustainable career in unsustainable times? This is the question we're answering together in this episode. I discuss a framework to help us as working women and mothers set and keep a career we can sustain and thrive in over the years and through the many seasons of womanhood. Take a listen!

Thhis short but powerful episode introduces the next step in The Corporate Sister journey. It is The Corporate Sister Foundation,  the not-for-profit organization created to help women build sustainable careers, wealth, and legacies. The episode recounts the story behind the Foundation's creation, its core mission, and the transformative programs it will launch to support working women and mothers...

Welcome back to the TVCS podcast! Episode #61 is all about AI and women at work.  In this episode, I chat about the impact of AI on women's careers and how women can leverage artificial intelligence to counteract its threat and improve their careers. Listen in!  

Did you know by 2030 women are poised to hold over $30 trillion?  In this episode, I discuss the changing landscape of wealth for women in the U.S., also known as "The Great Transfer'. As we prepare for this shift, I'm chatting about three strategies to get ready for the feminization of wealth.  Some resources to consider include: " Think and Grow Rich " by Napoleon Hill Suze Orman's " Women and M...

In this podcast episode, I'm discussing defining, or re-defining, our vision of what it means to be a working mom by better integrating career and motherhood in 2025. Through a 7 step process, I invite listeners to engage in assessing their season of motherhood and career, master their time, embrace self-care, among other steps... Listen in!

In this episode, I discuss ditching traditional career goals and instead embracing your own career vision by audting your career in the past 12 months. I discuss 10 steps to start with at the beginning of 2025 to audit your career.  Listen in!

In this episode, I discuss 4 gender biases to look out for in women's performance reviews. These biases include: the language bias the visibility bias the proximity bias  the ingroup bias  Listen in for more awareness around these biases!  

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 in the process).  Listen in!

In this episode, I address the question of authentic (and different) leadership for working women and working moms. I discuss: 1)revisiting our beliefs about leadership, 2) challenging the foundations of leadership in the organizations and institutions we're part of, and 3) redefining our own brand of leadership as working women and moms. Listen in!

Got confidence? In this podcast episode, I'm chatting about dismantling the myth that confidence is solely associated with male and patriarchal attributes such as assertiveness, boldness, and even aggressiveness. Instead, I discuss my own journey of steering away from the conventional definition of confidence, and re-defining my own brand of "quiet" confidence as a working woman and mom. This epis...

In this new podcast episode, I discuss strategizing our careers as working women and moms at the beginning of a new year, on our own terms and in a way that serves our vision, values and purpose best.  Take a listen!

Happy New Year! In the first podcast episode of the New Year, we're all about being on a mission. I discuss skipping the traditional resolution process, and instead investing time in clarifying our mission by crafting our own mission statements. In this episode, I delve into the three simple and effective tips to devise our mission statements, whether personal, professional, family or even financi...

In this podcast episode, I discuss making peace with ambition as working women and moms. For the longest time, ambition has been a double-edged sword for working women and moms. However, in this post-COVID pandemic area, women are redefining ambition for themselves... Listen in!  

In this episode, I discuss gender differences between men and women when it comes to the negotation process and outcomes, and share tips to effectively negotiate as women. Some of the research cited in this podcast includes: A Review of Gender Differences in Negotiation by Iñigo Hernandez-Arenaz and Nagore Iriberri ( 23 December 2019 ) Do Women Ask? Benjamin Artz ,  Amanda H. Goodall ,  Andrew J....

In this episode of the podcast, I'm busting one common myth that women are not good at entrepreneurship. Backed by research, this episode discusses how women are entrepreneurs at heart, and discusses 3 principles for women entrepreneurs. Listen in!

In this episode of the podcast, I am discussing recovering financially after the often financially taxing days of summer, as working women and moms. In the episode, I share 3 main steps to recover financially after the summer.  This podcast episode cites this Ipsos poll, that predicted that despite economic hardships, 2023 summer vacation's spending was expected to increase up to 214.1 billion, or...

In this episode, I discuss the rampamt anxiety working moms experience before and during the back-to-season, and share a back-to-school system to help alleviate the pressure.  Listen in for tips and tricks to beat the back-to-schol guilt and exhaustion, and replace these with a more or less peaceful transition! PS: Keep you eye out for our new back-to-school planner (soon to come)!

In this podcast episode, im chatting about restructuring our work for a better back-to-work season as working women and moms! Listen in!

In this episode of the TCS podcast, I'm chatting about the cruel summer ceiling for working moms (in my best Taylor Swift voice). By summer ceiling, I mean all the obstacles facing working moms during the summer months as they juggle increased childhood, caregiving, and household responsibilities due to school closures, with career and personal demands.  I also share one of my favorite products re...

In this episode of the TCS podcast, I discuss 10 tips to become a PhD mama, if that is your wish or if you're currently going through the process yourself, or know someone who is... Enrolling into a  PhD program and actually completing it while raising kids, taking care of the home and being in a relationship or partnership is not for the faint of heart. As a matter of fact, it requires the kind o...

In this episode of the TCS podcast, I'm asking the question: "Career fulfillment or career prestige?" When we think about building a great career, fulfillment and authenticity are usually not the first things that come to mind. Like so many other working women and moms, I took with me the various pieces of well-intended career advice I was given while growing up, as I was starting to build my own...

In this podcast episode, I introduce The Corporate Sister book #2: "More: The Journey of Unleashing More of Who You Are". (available on Amazon).  In it, I discuss the 7 principles outlined in the book, from welcoming and embracing disruption and change, to managing progress.  Click HERE to get your copy on Amazon!

In this episode, the first of Black History Month 2023, I discuss what it takes to thrive, and not just survive, in the workplace as a Black woman at work, and as minorities in general. More specifically, I talk about the concept of "agile authenticity", which requires awareness, impact and a master plan to succeed in the workplace on one's own terms while still remaining authentic.  Listen in!

Welcome back to the TCS podcast! In this episode, I chat about planning for work-life integration instead of work-life balance. How about planning to integrate all the areas and aspects of our lives and careers, instead of compartmentalizing and attempting to balance it all! Listen in on this episode!

In this episode, I discuss 10 Diversity, Equity and Inclusion goals for 2023, as part of our professional goals.  Here are some of the book resources cited in this episode:   The Leaders' Guide to Unconscious Bias: How to Reframe Bias, Cultivate Connection and Create High Performing Teams by Pamela Fuller and Mark Murphy with Anne Chow; H ow to be an Inclusive Leader, Second edition: Your role in...