We Are All @ChiefHotMomma
Today Stan Faryna got me thinking about my Twitter moniker: @ChiefHotMomma. A) The truth is, I've never been crazy about it. For people who know me - it's very "not me." B) But, as I explain to Stan - below - it's not about me.
Read More#16. Do Women Care Too Much What People Think? Power Poses
So it started with this article: Morons and Oxymorons: Undermining Women in Leadership I thought this title was pretty excellent. The text of the article gets heavy (INSEAD). Points include the Catch 22 of if women act competent we're frowned upon, but if we act nice, we're not viewed as competent. The bottom line? Success equals comfort with gender identity. This is a fancy way of saying: Be comfortable in your own skin. I do wonder how this is possible when there are many messages saying to girls or women, "Be this, be that" - and we're game for it.
Read More#15b Does Work Life Balance Exist? The Over-Achiever’s Bible Part Deux
When Harvard Business School Professor Howard Stevenson almost died, he woke up to the real meaning of work life balance: It's about priorities. That is: What is most important to you. Balancing a bunch of things and expecting A+ results in all of them is a recipie for disaster. Yet, many of us try to do that on a daily basis.
Read More#15: If I Died…The Over-Achiever’s Bible
Businesses often prepare for worst case scenarios. What if the CEO gets hit by a bus?...How SEVERE an analogy does it take for you to "let go" and pass off responsibility? Enter: The “If I Died” List. Take Xandra, for example. There Xandra sat ...in her car.. in the parking lot...outside the hospital. “I’m in labor,” she texted from her Blackberry: Still wired, still connected. Xandra is still alive and well today, but...really people... What is wrong with this picture?
Read More#14 Power Plays for Women: Behind Every Woman is a Supportive Partner
When the Hot Mommas Project and the George Washington School of Business Center for Entrepreneurial Excellence did a national survey of 269 high-drive working women, it was in the midst of the opting out media firestorm. It was clear what wasn’t working. The story that wasn’t being told was this: What WAS working?
Read More#13 Power Plays for Women – Work it Girl: The New Power Women’s Club
RuPaul said it best: Work It Girl Are you working it? Or maybe pre-working it. Or not working it at all? The New Power Women's Network As discussed in our Digital Classroom, Module 302, there's a New Power Women's Network.
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