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Why Women are Money: From Playboy to the 500

Ever thought of Playboy as a family business? Christie Hefner is mentioned today in Peggy Drexler’s USA Today blog reports on father-daughter success stories. Women Are Money, Part 1. Takeaway: Women will control a lot of money in business. Drexler also reports on some pretty stunning family business stats: Families own or control 90% of US businesses(source: Citigroup report). AND,a big chunk of these businesses being headed up by women… Read More »Why Women are Money: From Playboy to the 500

Calling all Hot Mommas – DC Area Pilot

Dear Hot Mommas out there…a recent post from Eveyln has fast forwarded an objective of our project: Local Hot Mommas(TM)Groups. If you are following this link from Craig’s List, please see www.HotMommas.org for additional project information. Here is a summary of Eveyln’s post, followed by the DC PILOT info: “I recently discovered Kimberly’s [of Hip Tranquil Chick] podcasts and I have been listening to old episodes to catch up. I… Read More »Calling all Hot Mommas – DC Area Pilot

Another Chapter in Nature vs Nurture

Catherine Redfern of the UK's 'The fword' summarizes an article which continues the nature vs nurture discussion on women, gender, and leadership. Here it is.. Psychologies article makes feminist fumeBy Catherine Redfern “Under the dubious headline "Are Women Better at Being in Charge?", various bosses, Chief Executives and leaders, both male and female, give their opinion. <http://www.thefword.org.uk/blog/2007/august#001071> “ Hot Mommas Project opinion: These ongoing discussions basically try to account for… Read More »Another Chapter in Nature vs Nurture

Harvard Resources for Women

Thought this was nice to see one of the largest, if not THE largest, Fortune 500 CEO factory (Harvard Business School) offering resources to female alums and others. This movement was really pioneered by Myra Hart who has now moved on from Harvard B School but remains a thought leader in the field of women's leadership. Hopefully the resources will be 1) utilized and 2) effective. The existence of such… Read More »Harvard Resources for Women

Entrepreneurs. Basically, we’re nuts.

Entrepreneurs are crazy according to a book suggested to me by best friend and big-time social entreprener Julie Silard Kantor. John D. Gartner, a psychologist at Johns Hopkins University, discusses this hypothesis in his new book The Hypomanic Edge: The Link Between (A Little) Craziness And (A Lot of) Success In America. He claims the US has more hypomanics than other countries and, gasp, that many of our beloved leaders… Read More »Entrepreneurs. Basically, we’re nuts.

Okay okay, EQ Matters.

Here is an article about how EQ proves to be more important in the workplace than IQ. Bottom line = coping mechanisms. Before we all hold hands and sing cumbaya, be sure to read August 6 post. For more on the article, click here.

Tip to Women Leaders: Pull out the Boxing Gloves

Intriguing. A recent article called, “Think you got it bad? Try being the boss” by Harvey Schachter of Canada’s Globe and Mail profiles a book by Anthony Smith called the Taboos of Leadership which essentially talks about the necessary evils required as a leader. In his top 10 summary of the book, Schachter writes, “In the real world, leadership is not always the most effective when it is most caring,… Read More »Tip to Women Leaders: Pull out the Boxing Gloves

Playing Their Game or Your Game, Which Is The Way to Power, Fame and Glory?

Bridget had some great comments on the May 9 post re: entrepreneurial moms on the cover of Costco (yes, Costco) magazine. While the brilliant Hot Momma Bridget is editing her comment, I thought I’d post the essence of it below: Bridget said…“OK here’s my take:Sure the entrepreneurial moms thing is cool. These moms are saying, OK I’m not just going to stay home and twiddle my thumbs. I’m going to… Read More »Playing Their Game or Your Game, Which Is The Way to Power, Fame and Glory?

Mom, inc.: The Costco parade and floats. Our theories, musings, and book club kick off.

Hello to all the Hot Mommas out there (Cool Daddies welcome, as well), This is our first blog post and we welcome you. Who are Hot MommasTM and Cool Daddies? We grossly generalize you as high-achieving individuals who are doing it all, and doing it well. The Hot MommasTM Project is rooted in the academic community producing curricula for women leaders (Cool Daddies curriculum in development). Here, however, we get… Read More »Mom, inc.: The Costco parade and floats. Our theories, musings, and book club kick off.