Motherhood Is the New MBA: Using Your Parenting Skills to Be a Better Boss
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ISBN: 0312544316 / Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books, September 2009
Shares practical advice on how to apply parenting skills to business scenarios for more professional and compassionate working environments, in a guide for women leaders that covers such challenges as being a role model and handling interpersonal disputes. 40,000 first printing.
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When it comes to being a good leader, we've read the sports analogies, we've read the war analogies. But how about hitting a little closer to home?As a mother, the following rules and tactics probably sound familiar to you: - Never Underestimate the Power of Kiss-It-Make-It-Better- Hold the Line on Tantrums- Remember the Magic Word Count to Three Before Giving a Time-Out These are good, solid rules for how to raise children. But can these same rules make you a better boss? Absolutely. In her impressive first book, Shari Storm takes the lessons attributed to parenting and shows how they can be directly applied in the workplace, making you a more effective manager and giving you the confidence to lead and shape your staff into the employees you want them to be. Shari gathers a wonderful collection of funny and inspirational stories from a wide range of executive mothers---TV producers, firefighters, accountants, teachers, baristas, corporate leaders, pilots---for an engaging, easy-to-absorb read.These pages will provide both laughs and enlightenment. For the woman who wants to excel in her business, this goes beyond your average management book.
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