I’m sure you have heard the saying, “Try doing it in heels!” How about try horse-riding sidesaddle?

Many successful women not only have to work harder to prove themselves in a man’s world, but they must also look good doing it.

Janet L. Yellen’s leadership of the Federal Reserve came to an end today.

By anyone’s standards, we can all tip our hats to her hugely successful years at the helm.

In four years, we have better inflation numbers (albeit still low), record highs in the stock market, and an unemployment rate of 4.1%.

The economy is humming along.

As the first woman to lead the central bank, Yellen leaves a legacy of being one of the best, if not the best leader the Federal Reserve has ever had.

And, although she wears sensible shoes, she still manages a fashion statement signature to her legacy-the popped-up collar!

Yellen created a dashboard with many different factors to assess the health of the economy.

I like to think that her multi-tasking approach has something to do with her gender. Maybe or maybe not.

Regardless, what she leaves us with is a list of gauges that broaden the analysis for the Fed to use in their decision-making going forward.

Rather than list her entire “dashboard,” instead I look at the wage tracker, average hourly earnings, the employment cost index and the long-term unemployed share.

All underperforming.

Wage tracker is the Atlanta Fed Wage Tracker. It measures the median percent change in hourly wages over 12 months using a 3-month moving average.

Currently, with a 3.8% target, it’s at 3.2%.

Average hourly earnings measure the total compensation paid to workers, divided by hours, year-over-year.

Target is 3.2%. It is currently at 2.5%.

Employment Cost Index is what employers spend on wages and benefits and tracks the same job over time, year-over-year.

Target is 3.36%. Currently, it’s at 2.5%.

Long-term unemployed share measures the number of unemployed who have been out of work for 27 weeks or longer.