Thought Leadership

Written By: Jillian Climie. I’ve spent my career inside compensation teams helping companies determine what to pay new candidates and employees. Now, at The Thoughtful Co, I help women negotiate their compensation with their employers. Below I’ve outlined five key lessons that I’ve learned from being on both sides of the negotiating table. 1. Know exactly what you want before you go into a negotiation. This might seem like an obvious one, but I’ve seen many situations where i

Written by: Sophie Warwick. Many of us have spent some part of the last couple of years working from home. If you were among that group, what did you choose to wear? I personally was heckled by friends and family for being “fancy” when I chose to wear jeans everyday. Jeans are my sweatpants and what I feel most comfortable wearing. I didn’t ever wear a skirt or heals, not because there’s anything wrong with that, but it didn’t feel like me. With the freedom to choose how I pr

Written By: Jillian Climie. Never in my life had I considered being an entrepreneur. Not growing up, not in university, not in my early 20’s when I was trying to find a career that fit, and not after leaving my job in 2020 to take time off. However, giving myself space from work was what ultimately led me to entrepreneurship. Part of my “career pause” was letting myself do more creative things. Instead of spreadsheets, powerpoints, and meetings, I bought a piano, I wrote poet

Written By: Sophie Warwick. At The Thoughtful Co, we coach self-employed women in setting market appropriates rates for their services. A key part of sticking to those rates is being able to confidently communicate your hook and navigate external biases that may exist in your field. To learn more about her own experience in professional coaching and speaking, we reached out to Tami Adams who founded TA Speakers Management, a boutique keynote speaker booking, management & coa

Written By: Jillian Climie. Something that is central to us at The Thoughtful Co is supporting women in advocating for themselves in the workplace. Since we started our company a year and a half ago, we’ve also realized how fundamental this mindset is in our client’s everyday lives as well. One area that this is especially crucial: mental and physical health. To learn more about advocating for ourselves in this area, we sat down with Stephanie Dang (Registered Dietitian) and

Written by: Sophie Warwick. Making the decision to invest in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) is the easy part. The harder, and seemingly overwhelming part is how to build an effective plan to achieve those long-term goals. How do you turn “build a more inclusive workplace for women that promotes retention of top talent” into small, actionable items? Furthermore, how do I prioritize each program efficiently to ensure positive change is continually being made? If you wan