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The Corporate Sister
by Solange Lopes
The Corporate Sister is a podcast for and with working women and moms working and living on purpose.
Episodes
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TCS Podcast Episode 63: Building a Sustainable Career In Unstable Times
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....
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TCS Episode 62: Introducing The Corporate Sister Foundation
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,...
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TCS Podcast Episode 61: To AI or not to AI as a Woman at Work?
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!
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TCS Podcast Episode 60: Are you ready for the feminization of wealth?
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.…
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TCS Podcast Episode 59: Integrating motherhood and career in 2025
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,...
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TCS Podcast Episode 58: 10 Steps to Audit Your Career
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!
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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 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!
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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 in the process). Listen in!
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TCS Podcast Episode 55: Can I lead authentically as a woman at work?
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…
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TCS Podcast Episode 54: Redefining Your Own Brand of Confidence
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…
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TCS Podcast Episode 53: Strategizing your Career at the Beginning of a New Year!
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!
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TCS Podcast Episode 52: Out with the resolutions, in with the mission...
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...
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TCS Podcast Episode 51: Making Peace with Ambition as a Working Woman and Mom
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!
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TCS Podcast Episode 50: Negotiate Like a Woman!
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...
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TCS Podcast Episode 49: Myth Buster: Women are not good entrepreneurs
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!
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TCS Episode 48: Got post-summer financial recovery?
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…
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TCS Podcast Episode 47: Got back to school anxiety?
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…
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TCS Podcast Episode 46: Getting back to (better) work this season!
In this podcast episode, im chatting about restructuring our work for a better back-to-work season as working women and moms! Listen in!
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TCS Podcast Episode 45: It's a Cruel Summer Ceiling for Working Moms!
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...
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TCS Podcast Episode 44: 10 tips to become a PhD Mama
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...
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TCS Podcast Episode 43: Career Fulfillment or Career Prestige?
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...
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TCS Podcast Episode 42: 7 Principles to Unleash More of Who You Are (The Book)
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...
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TCS Podcast Episode 41: Thriving as a Black woman at work
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...
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TCS Podcast Episode 40: Planning for more work-life integration this year
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...
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TCS Podcast Episode 39: Diversity, equity and inclusion goals for 2023
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...
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TCS Podcast Episode 38: Less Resolutions, More Consistency in 2023!
In this podcast episode, the first in the new year 2023, I discuss skipping the usual resolutions and instead going for consistency in 2023! If you're like me, you may pick a word of the year at the beginning of each year to give your year more focus and direction. Mine this year is CONSISTENCY,...
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TCS Podcast Episode 37: Run your career like a business
In this podcast episode, I am discussing running our careers as business women and/or moms, like successful, efficient and effective businesses. I chat about three(3) principles from accounting that can help us manage our own careers, and empower ourselves to make the best work, and by extension,...
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TCS Podcast Episode 36: Less Hustle, More Alignment
In this episode, I'm discussing steering away from the hustle in our careers as working women and moms, and instead towards more alignment in the work we do and by extension in the lives we live. In the episode, I also discuss how this requires us to be self-aware and being willing to show as who...
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TCS Podcast Episode 35: Motherhood IS Leadership!
In this episode, I discuss how to circumvent the negative biases against working moms as leaders, and how motherhood IS effective leadership! Study cited: Let's put the motherhood penalty to rest! : https://berlincameron.com/newevent-all/motherhoodpenalty Listen in!
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TCS Podcast episode 33: Mental Health & Gender Inequality
In this episode of the podcast, in honor of Mental Health Awareness, I'm chatting about the negative mental health effects of gender inequality. Research shows these mental health effects disproportionately impact working women and moms. I also share tips to cope with these negative effects, and...
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TCS Podcast Episode 34: Lead like a woman!
Welcome back to the TCS podcast! In episode 34 of the podcast, I'm starting a series on "leading like women". Here, I'm chatting about what characterizes women's leadership, and how to embrace it to lead authentically and powerfully. This podcast refers to research from the Business Journal from...
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TCS Episode 32: Spring cleaning time for gender equity at work!
In this episode, I discuss the world of work changing for working women and mothers with the advent of the pandemic and the numerous challenges it has brought on... Through this episode, we chat about how the workplace was not made with women and mothers in mind, and why it's high time to...
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TCS Episode 31: What about the maternal wall bias?
In this episode, we're discussing as part of Women's History Month, the maternal wall bias, or the bias many, if not most working and expectant mothers are seen as less competent, regardless of their actual abilities. Read more on this on the blog...
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TCS Podcast Episode 30: Navigating Racial Trauma in the Workplace
In this episode, I'm exploring how we, as working women and moms, can navigate and combat racial trauma in the workplace. Listen in!
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TCS Podcast Episode 29: 7 Struggles faced by Black Women at Work
This episode is part of our "Black Women at Work" series in honor of Black History Month. Today, we're discussing the 7 most common struggles faced by Black women in the workplace. From lack of representation to lack of access to higher levels of management, there are many hurdles in thier path....
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TCS Podcast Episode 28: Making a plan to reach your goals in 2022
In this episode, I discuss how we, as working women and moms, can make a plan to reach our goals this year, minus the stress, disappointment and time wasted... Listen in!
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TCS Podcast Episode 27: Transitioning into the New Year as a Woman at Work
In this episode, I delve into 3 tips to transition into the New Year as a woman at work. While we discussed setting goals in last episode, here we dig into the work to do to actually effectively cross the threshold from one year to the other at work. Listen in!
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TCS Podcast Episode: New Year, New Goals! How women set goals differently...
Happy New Year! In this episode, we usher in the new year by redefining how women set goals. Here, I'm discussing the research-backed gender differences in how women set goals, and what they mean for working women and moms. I'm also sharing three tips to leverage these differences and set goals…
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TCS Podcast Episode 24: The Career Reinvention Series Part 1
Welcome to our first TCS podcast episode of 2021! We're starting this year with the Career Reinvention Series, focused on helping working women and moms chart out the path for their own career reinvention. In this first part, we're discussing reinventing our mindsets to begin this process.
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TCS Podcast Episode 23: How to be an ally to black women at work
In this episode, I'm discussing allyship, more specifically how to be an ally to Black women at work. From sponsorship and mentorship, to listening in and learning, allyship is a powerful way to make a difference and contribute to increased inclusiveness and diversity in the workplace.
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TCS Podcast Episode 22 Working Moms and the Coronavirus Crisis
In this episode of the podcast, I'm discussing the heavy burden of the coronavirus crisis on working moms, and ways we can all help...
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TCS Podcast Episode 20: Caring for our mental health as working women and moms
In this episode of The Corporate Sister podcast, I'm discussing why and how we, as working women and working moms, should and can care for our mental health, whether through therapy or other ways of prioritizing our minds. From treating our minds as our best assets, to realizing the impact and...
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TCS Podcast Episode 19: Find your purpose right where you are
In this episode of The Corporate Sister podcast, I'm discussing how we, as working women and working moms, can find purpose right where we are, on the way to where we're going. From re-assessing ourselves to leveraging the opportunities around us and being willing to expand, this episode is all...
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TCS Podcast Episode 18: Working and Living on Purpose as a Working Woman
In this episode of The Corporate Sister podcast, we're talking about working and living on purpose. Most specifically, we're talking about my 7-step framework to be on purpose, no matter where you are in life or at work...
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TCS Podcast Episode 17 - Set Goals with Soul for 2019!
In this episode of The Corporate Sister podcast, I discuss setting our goals and intentions for 2019...but with a twist! Inspired by Danielle Laporte's The Desire Map book, I share how my own goal-setting process has changed from traditional to quite soulful and much more effective! Listen to the...
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TCS Podcast Episode 15: How to Survive the Summer Slump as a Working Woman
Welcome to Episode 15 of the TCS Podcast! In this episode, I'm discussing how we, as working women and moms, can survive the summer slump, while still taking the time to recharge our batteries and be as productive as we can. Listen in! Related: How to manage your business in the summer as a...
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TCS Podcast Episode 14: Dare to Speak up!
In this episode, I'm discussing what stands in the way of us, as working women, speaking up more at work, and what we can do to help ourselves show up more in and outside of the workplace. Listen in!
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TCS Podcast Episode 13: 12 Small Business Productivity Tips
Welcome to Episode #13 of The Corporate Sister Podcast! This episode is all about Productivity in our small businesses. In the episode, I lists 12 small business productivity tips that especially apply to us as working women. Related Links: 12 tips to be more productive in your small business 10...
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TCS012: How to be more productive as a working woman
Welcome to Episode #12 of The Corporate Sister Podcast! This episode is all about the big P word...yes, Productivity! Or how we can be more productive as working women, especially as we start this new year 2018! Listen in for tips on avoiding the cult of "busy-ness", doing more in less time, and...
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TCS011: 2017 Career and Business Lessons
Welcome to Episode #11 of the newly re-branded Corporate Sister Podcast! In this episode, I'm all about the career and business lessons I've learnt in 2017, and plan to leverage in 2018. From following Purpose to building a solid financial foundation, I share some of the most precious learning...
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