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MommyCEO · 1W ago

Time Magazine Asks “Are You Mom Enough?” Every Mom Should Be Offended

From my post on ForbesWoman: The latest Time Magazine cover is just too alluring not to write something about it. As a mother of 3 little boys, and a mother who breastfed all 3 of them until they were 18 months old, I can’t help but be drawn to the cover and at the same [...]
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MommyCEO · 2W ago

Infographic: What It’s Like To Be A Working Mom

In celebration of Mother’s Day on May 13th, TheLadders released a new survey today revealing that working mothers care more about having flexible hours than any other benefit an employer can offer. The infographic is below, and I think nicely shows what working mothers want, how they are regarded by
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MommyCEO · 4W ago

Where Are The Women At Work? Women, Leadership, and The Gap

I just came across this fascinating infographic on Women @ Work from the MBA@UNC Online MBA program at UNC. As politicians (mostly males) debate women in our economy this inforgraphic sheds some light on women and leadership in the working world.  Based on the following infographic it is clear that
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MommyCEO · 4W ago

Working Women: When Have You Waited Too Long To Become a Mom?

New York Magazine has a very controversial photo on it’s front cover this month. It mimics the famous Vanity Fair cover in which Demi Moore posed nude, and pregnant. Despite how you may feel about whether women should take advantage of advances in medicine that allow them to become mothers in their 
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MommyCEO · 4W ago

The Path to Happiness? Be a Working Mom

I just read a fascinating post on Forbes.com by a fellow contributor, Alice G Walton. She references a few studies that equate mind wandering with negative feelings and depression. Alice writes: So is being happy all about shifting our tendency away from focus on ourselves? Research in other areas,
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MommyCEO · 4W ago

Old Navy Coupons Gone Wrong

There is something about seeing a poorly implemented marketing program that just makes me want to strangle the person who thought it up. Someone in Old Navy’s marketing department had the brilliant idea to help drum up sales during August. Here is the idea: Get people to come into Old Navy from Aug
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MommyCEO · 4W ago

AIRBNB and The Internet Trust Issue: Who Can You Trust Online?

I have been using sites like VRBO.com for over 10 years. I have stayed in more vacation rentals than hotels in the past 10 years. I love being able to rent a condo or house in a city or tropical place, that gives me the luxuries of location, beautiful and clean dwellings, but a kitchen [...]
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MommyCEO · 4W ago

The Right to Choose: Work and Motherhood

Full disclosure: I am about to write about a book,TORN, in which I have written an essay. I am not the author of the whole book, and I do not receive any financial gain from the book being sold, but I am a contributor to the book.  Today I watched a piece about working mothers on [...]
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MommyCEO · 4W ago

An Organization Without Performance Reviews? It Happens in our Schools.

I know many unions and teachers will not agree with my post. I know I will get some flack from people in education. But I can’t stand to not say anything. I live in Oregon, one of only 14 states where there are NO teacher evaluations or performance reviews, or not any that affect who gets laid [...]
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MommyCEO · 4W ago

Women are Stronger Than men – in Entrepreneurship

As posted on Forbes Woman: In the American Express OPEN State of Women-Owned Business Report, there are some fascinating statistics that point to the strength women are bringing into start-ups and running and owning their own businesses. As a woman CEO of a technology company, I am thrilled to see s
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