Strategies for Navigating The Motherhood Penalty

Working mothers can recognize this penalty and learn to thrive in their workplaces.

1. Try to find and use a good mentor. She is someone in your workplace with good leadership and communication skills, someone you see as a potential advisor, who is older than you by five, ten, or even fifteen years.

   My first mentor was someone whom I admired, and she had experience to share - like how to get promoted, how to get a raise, how to deal with …