HSBC, Cisco, Deloitte, Google, Accenture, Nortel. Why do we like them? Because they support IWD, international women's day, which is today. Also of note: Aurora, a company that maintains the IWD site. For more, and an interesting history of women and IWD, click here. It shows just how much of a role we can and do play in writing our own rules… http://www.internationalwomensday.com/
You think you have it hard? Check this out: 'Please join the DBTAC – Southwest ADA Center at ILRU for a Webcast on "Working and Returning to Work after an HIV Positive Diagnosis". To link to this Webcast and download accompanying materials visit: http://www.ilru.org/html/training/webcasts/calendar.html <http://www.ilru.org/html/training/webcasts/calendar.html>'This is particularly humbling. Perspective is a powerful tool. It’s half, or more, of success according to the Hot Mommas we’ve surveyed over the last few… Read More »Challenges of Returning to Work
I’ve always sucked at meditation. But after reading Eat Pray Love and this recent article in www.Lime.com, I feel sort of guilty for not trying harder. The article quotes meditation expert Dawn Groves, author of Meditation for Busy People “Learning to meditate is like developing any new skill like playing the piano or learning how to skate. There’s a clumsy, awkward growth stage when you have to be patient with… Read More »Type AAA Solution to De-Stress
Networking: Something women CAN and SHOULD do as mentioned in an earlier C-Suite post.In the women’s leadership field, the GEM study is pretty much THE proof re: the critical importance of access to networks and role models for women. Click here are some great stats from Guy Kawasaki on LinkedIn and networking.
An in-depth interview with my dearest friend, and leading social entrepreneur Julie Silard Kantor really opened my eyes to the power of humor playing a role in being a successful person and professional. (The Hot Mommas Project is currently developing a case on her which will be available over the next month.) It helped today. My grandmother just died. It was okay at first. I thought, “She’s 93. It was… Read More »Laughing When It’s Not Funny: Part 2
Just read in Guy Kawasaki’s Blog (which I heart) about some research by Harvard Business School Professor Boris Gryosberg. This was in the hilariously-titled post “Is Your Client a Certified Orifice?” Click here for summary. Bottom line seems to be that women have a broader base of contacts and factors influencing the reason they took the job in the first place. This allows top-performing female professionals to make better transitions… Read More »Female Superstars Make Smoother Transitions
Our February book club selection is The Four Hour Work Week by Timothy Ferriss. We love this because it turns the 9-5 (or, for some of us 7-9), work model on its head. Book club link here. My husband I and always talked about taking off 6 months or a year to travel the world. We had the money set aside to do it. We never pulled the trigger. Now,… Read More »How to Never Work 9-5 Again
This is a brilliant concept (smartees doll). Barbie doll with a brain and a resume. http://www.oprah.com/omagazine/olist/omag_olist_0056_kid.jhtml
Meg Whitman of eBay will speak at Harvard Business School's Global Leadership Conference October 12 to 14. Meg Whitman is a favorite of the Hot Mommas Project. For more on the conference, click link: http://www.hbs.edu/centennial/businesssummit/
Two takeaways from John Agno's leadership Blog:1. Women can leverage their relationship-building skills to inspire and lead teams. 2. Never, never, never lose your professional network, even if you are a time and sanity starved mom on a non linear career path. Agno also mentions many of the dilemmas and challenges we'cre heard before around women and leadership. The Hot Mommas project core focus is HOW to move beyond these… Read More »How to Get Into the C Suite