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Communicating with Healthcare Professionals – Nov 6/7

On the shuttle heading to GW where I teach women's entrepreneurial leadership. Thinking ahead, and back, about my role in caring for the adults in my family. Talk about an entrepreneurial experience! Many of us harbor a good deal of skepticism toward the health care supply chain. How can you ensure the care and safety of your friend or family member? Here is a great resource: A FREE National TeleClass… Read More »Communicating with Healthcare Professionals – Nov 6/7

Why Social Media is Cool

Just when you think social media is a total waste of time, you can write about Oreos! (Think early AOL commercial saying “People think I’m working, but I’m really goofing around online!”…all empty inside that I can’t find it on You Tube, but here is another one.) Pictured here: A Harley dude on his blackberry at a New Jersey turnpike rest stop. Seriously folks, the Hot Mommas Project has been… Read More »Why Social Media is Cool

Free – October 23 Women’s Opportunity Conference in Florida

The following is from our friends at WE Inc., who have partnered with The Hot Mommas Project on our upcoming case study competition (blog brief). This will undoubtedly be a great conference. And it’s free. P.s. Shingle Creek Resort and Conference Center is in Florida. 2008 Opportunity Conference October 23, 2008 Shingle Creek Resort & Conference Center A Full Day and FREE Event Featuring: Secretary of Labor, Elaine L. Chao… Read More »Free – October 23 Women’s Opportunity Conference in Florida

Getting Balance Through Mass Career Customization

Below is a link to an article on "mass career customization." This is, essentially, the ability to choose from a certain amount of building blocks in your career across 4 main areas (such as workload and pace). The goal is to allow employees to "dial up or dial down" their career path to match varying life stages. Here is the study link: http://www.deloitte.com/dtt/article/0,1002,sid=2303&cid=216046,00.html This is a neat concept for a… Read More »Getting Balance Through Mass Career Customization

The Caregiver Financial Crisis

Did you know that employers lose almost $34 billion annually as a result of caregiving issues encountered by their employees? So states a recent communication from Robert Boggio at the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Are you are caregiver or an employer to caregivers? Here are some action steps: 1. If you want to learn more, dial into their October 7 conference call (information below). 2.Share your story… Read More »The Caregiver Financial Crisis

Busy Kids Perform Well in School, Emotionally, Behaviorially

It is likely the parents, not the kids, who are stressed with busy kids' schedules. The Washington Post recently reported on a study out of the Maryland Population Research Center at the University of Maryland. The study shows that only a small percentage of kids are actually "over-scheduled." In fact, organized activities are linked, says the post, "to positive outcomes in school, emotional development, family life and behavior." So, it… Read More »Busy Kids Perform Well in School, Emotionally, Behaviorially

Fall 2008: Hot Mommas Project Book Club Selection – Total Leadership

We are now shifting to quarterly book selections since, let’s be honest, what Hot Momma has time to read? We love Stewart Friedman who teaches at Wharton and “gets it” in a big way. His book Total Leadership: Be a Better Leader. Have a Richer Life. is about being a leader in all parts of your life. Said another way, it is about YOU driving the agenda as much as… Read More »Fall 2008: Hot Mommas Project Book Club Selection – Total Leadership

Women Making More Time for Themselves

I was surprised to read this report summary which indicates that the gap that exists in 'leisure time' between men and women is closing. Women are making more time for themselves. Nice me: "Oh! Great!"Evil me: "Well, that's what happens when you start from zero." Check out the summary here:http://www.food-business-review.com/research.asp?guid=DMCM4616 Although, as I am blogging about next in our "insiders blog" (http://www.hotmommas.wordpress.com), I did just go to a camp reunion… Read More »Women Making More Time for Themselves

More Proof: Balance Positively Correlated With Career Advancement

A global study shows a correlation between leaders' sense of balance and their potential for career advancement. This is a second study, aside from ours, showing a link between perceptions of professional success and balance. Read more here:http://results.envisialearning.com/?p=106 Links to Hot Mommas Project research on balance and success: http://hotmommasproject.blogspot.com/2008/07/hot-mommas-project-work-life-balance.html Scroll down on this one:http://business.gwu.edu/news/archive/2008/0829.cfm

Friends Lead to Happiness

Today, after my daughter's first dance class of her little life, I am shopping with "The Shoe Coven." These are 4 girlfriends (one of which is my super excellent aunt). These women also happen to be prominent members of the mental health community (the supply side, not the demand side). I leave our shoe shopping sessions feeling incredibly well adjusted. Shoes, therapy, what's not to like? Research indicates people with… Read More »Friends Lead to Happiness