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CEO Dads and Top Tips for Women Leaders ‘Doing it All’

At the Northshire Bookstore in Manchester, Vermont I was happy to see 'CEO Dad' by Tom Stern in the business section (As well as some other evolved cross-over titles that you will see in the photo). It's a step toward acknowledging reality. I've always felt that Corporate America desperately, and secretly, wants to cover its eyes and stick its head in the sand regarding anything that happens outside of the… Read More »CEO Dads and Top Tips for Women Leaders ‘Doing it All’

Even Hot Mommas(TM) Need to Relax

Women, leadership. What does it have to do with this photo? Pictured here is the Sunset Beach Hotel bar/restaurant (www.sunsetbeachli.com) at Shelter Island in New York. My family had lunch on the rooftop after collecting shells on the little beach across the street. Very Euro and charming. The point? Preliminary results from our Hot Mommas(TM) Project Survey (a survey of high achieving women) revealed an interesting finding: Success is a… Read More »Even Hot Mommas(TM) Need to Relax

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.