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#19 Build Self-Efficacy, the Confidence That Leads to Success

Here is how you build confidence. The type of confidence that counts. Confidence equation in two minutes: Background. The Hot Mommas Project women’s leadership research initiative with the partnership of the George Washington School of Business Center for Entrepreneurial Excellence has adapted and tested elements of famed social psychologist Albert Bandura’s self-efficacy principles to arrive at “The Confidence Equation.”  Tests have taken place with women aged 18-55 starting in 2009.… Read More »#19 Build Self-Efficacy, the Confidence That Leads to Success

Award-Winning Leadership Programming

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The Hot Mommas Project is launching the beta of its virtual campus in January. As our Founder, Kathy Korman Frey, registers her nationally award-winning Women’s Entrepreneurial Leadership class at the George Washington University in DC, we offer an opportunity to following along, class-by-class with our Virtual Campus condensed version.

Read about the class below and use this sign up form. Registration will be capped, so it’s important to get on the sign up form.

Sick of Women’s Confidence’ Yet? The Truth Behind All the Women’s Empowerment Books.

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Sometimes, I get the sense a women’s empowerment book comes out and we’ll say: “I need to be that person, and I’m really pond scum until I Lean In, step up, Thrive, or otherwise do all the things this person did to become a superhero…holding a Red Bull latte..in a private jet.”

What IS it that is touching a nerve about these books?

What is “right” for you? Have you defined it?

Lessons from the Boys Club: 10 Ways to Activate Your Network

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As women, we have access to wonderful networking groups, mentoring programs and leadership events! The list is endless on the possibilities to learn from and connect with each other. Yet, do we need a formal program or event to be there for each other?…The boys club did one thing right. They not only valued action on behalf of each other, it was expected.

Building a World Where a Sisterhood of Success Replaces Mean Girls

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Research shows that around age 11, girls can begin to experience deficits in what is called “self-efficacy.” In layperson’s terms, this is the feeling of “I can do that.” It doesn’t stop there. As the instructor of a nationally award winning women’s leadership course, I’m called into corporations where I hear about…well…grown up versions of “Mean Girls.” Is there a connection to that 11 year-old?

VMA 2013: What is up with Miley Cyrus? Do we care?

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Miley Cyrus’ VMA 2013 Performance – did you see it? There are two camps:

1. Amazing, because everyone is talking about it.

2. Atrocious, because it was inappropriate.

Business shout-out aside, Miley is now blacklisted for my seven year-old daughter. But does my belief system for my daughter make it inappropriate for her to gyrate or be otherwise outrageous on stage? C’mon, we all know plenty of stars act nutty everyday.

Here’s the real reason people can’t stop talking about this:

We Are All @ChiefHotMomma

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Today Stan Faryna got me thinking about my Twitter moniker: @ChiefHotMomma.

A) The truth is, I’ve never been crazy about it. For people who know me – it’s very “not me.”

B) But, as I explain to Stan – below – it’s not about me.