As an addendum to the first post on Eastern medicine for Stressed out Chicks – Part 1,I am rolling out our April book club selection – The Whale Rider and our June book club selection: Go Put Your Strengths To Work by Marcus Buckingham. The combination of the two books explore the topics of strengths, personal discovery, and leadership in two completely different contexts. Set in New Zealand, The Whale… Read More »Addendum: Got Chutzpah? Read These
This is part of a series on eastern medicine for major novices. First, readers, please accept my apologies for the gap in posting. Apparently there are quite a few readers as the founder of 'Holiday Golightly' informed me that the Hot Mommas Project Blog sent her a bunch of traffic from the April post on girlfriend getaways. So, thank you for reading. Shout out to Guy Kawasaki's www.Alltop.com which has… Read More »Eastern Medicine for Stressed Out Chicks-Part 1: Your Equation
Holy moly! It's about time. Look at this study: http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release.do?id=843186 'The days of company-loyalty-at-all-costs are over,' says Andrew Dyer of BCG. 'Employees…often make caree decisions based on factors such as flexible work hours and emotional gratification.' Here is the bottom line: 1. Work life balance a major challenge in every region of the world except Pacific! 2. Due to this, and other reasons, getting and keeping talent may become harder… Read More »New study: Work Life Balance One of the Big 3 Challenges Globally
How great is this? A service for girlfriend getaways. Oy do we need this. Right? http://www.holidaygolightly.com/. Started by friend Kerry Rupp. Could the name be cuter? (A take on Holly Golightly for you Breakfast at Tiffany’s fans). Plan your next vacation with your gal pals. As research in the positive psychology movement shows, people with 5 or more close personal friends are happier. Click here for more on happiness. Happy… Read More »Girlfriend Getaways
As someone who has grown up surrounded by legal folk, I am loving this law Blog by Nicole Black: http://nylawblog.typepad.com/women_lawyers/2008/03/law-firms-new-p.html for female lawyers. We know, as Black points out, there is a disparity between the percentage of women getting advanced degrees and the percentage of women in senior positions (e.g. Partner). This seems to fuel the opting out fire. However, our research shows, in fact, that some of the best… Read More »The Opting Out Crock #2
I've always thought opting out was a bit of a crock. I know there is statistical validity to the trend. I just take issue with the fun the media seemed to have projecting the slightly salacious image of women leaving the workforce and their aspirations behind. An unstated Stepford image is left behind. I mean, come on, who really knows a stay at home mom who stays at home? My… Read More »The Opting Out Crock
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
Blogging from my phone, at the gym. Multitasking is a big way Hot Mommas get things done. You all know the routine. However, our research – to be released along with follow up 'how to' toolkits this year – tells us that focus and prioritization is one of the top three ways Hot Mommas ('Doing it all. Doing it well') are successful. What does that mean? Three top tips are:1.… Read More »Running…Women on the Go and How they Do It and the F-Word
The concept of a “non-linear” career path came up in a call of leading U.S. educators of women yesterday. This topic is simply not discussed enough. Our research has shown the non-linear career path is a CRITICAL realization for the success of many Hot Mommas (read: “Doing it all. Doing it well.”) Yet, many of the messages we see reinforce traditional models of part-time, full-time, and a linear promotion/goal-achievement path.… Read More »The Non-Linear Career Path
Women in leadership: Questioning any nurturing/giving traits not beaten out of you yet? News flash: You'll live longer because of it. Thought provoking article in 'Ode' magazine called, 'Love thy neighbour for he is me: Even in our alienated society, it's easy to learn the basics of altruism. Here's how.' The 'Readers Digest' version of some takeaways: ******************* 1. It's good for you. Dr. Robert Benson from Harvard Med School… Read More »Harvard Medical School: Do Gooders Less Stressed