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Women, AI, and What Nobody Tells You
Everything I know about the AI gap, the sticky floors underneath it, and what it takes to get picked. Written from fifteen years inside the rooms where those decisions got made.
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Funding for Women Entrepreneurs: Why Women Still Get Less of the Money and How to Change That
Women lead about 40 percent of the new businesses built to grow, and the early money still flows to men. Here are five moves for women who own a business or are thinking about it.
Erica Rooney
Nov 510 min read


No Time for Yourself? The Hour You Keep Handing Back
One woman had not brushed her teeth all day. Another found 39 unaccounted hours in her week. Both were telling the truth, and here is what to do about it.
Erica Rooney
Oct 198 min read


Motherhood and Leadership: The Skills You Built at Home Deserve a Raise
Raising kids is a daily crash course in triage, patience, and hard calls. New 2026 research says parents got more ambitious after having kids, so here are four ways to get paid for the leadership you built at home.
Erica Rooney
Oct 158 min read


Broken Rungs and Baby Bumps: Why Working Mothers Are Still Falling Behind
Working mothers keep falling behind because of two overlapping barriers: the "broken rung"—the missed first step up to manager—and the motherhood penalty, a measurable drop in pay and promotion after childbirth. In this transatlantic collaboration with executive coach and former midwife Rachel Erasmus, Erica unpacks the data, the identity shift no one prepares you for, the manager moments that make or break a return, and nine proven fixes to keep women rising. The problem isn
Erica Rooney
Oct 15, 20258 min read


The Rise of the Mom Exodus: What happens when flexibility disappears — and why 212,000 women leaving the workforce should alarm us all
Since January 2025, more than 212,000 women have left the U.S. workforce, and a closer look shows it's overwhelmingly mothers with young children. Flexible work is vanishing, inclusive workplaces are retreating, affordable childcare is still nowhere to be found. Erica calls it what it is: the Mom Exodus. Drawing on her own return from maternity leave a decade ago, she breaks down why moms are leaving, what it costs all of us, and what has to change before the ripple effects l
Erica Rooney
Aug 31, 20256 min read


Mothers Leaving the Workforce: Why Declining Participation Is an Economic Crisis
More than 212,000 women have left the workforce since January. Most are mothers between 25 and 44, the exact years when careers are supposed to take off. The cause? Return-to-office mandates, $10,000 childcare bills, and a caregiving load that still falls on women. Here's why this is an economic crisis, and what has to change.
Erica Rooney
Aug 22, 20255 min read
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