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Motherhood Is the New MBA: Using Your Parenting Skills to Be a Better Boss Hardcover – September 29, 2009
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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.
- Print length208 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherThomas Dunne Books
- Publication dateSeptember 29, 2009
- Dimensions5.92 x 0.82 x 8.56 inches
- ISBN-100312544316
- ISBN-13978-0312544317
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Shari Storm has managed people for twenty years. She earned her MBA from Seattle University, with an emphasis in corporate leadership, and is now an executive for a $400 million financial institution. She teaches at the University of Washington's Experimental College and mentors graduate students at Seattle University. Storm writes for Momlogic and the Working Mother magazine blog. She lives with her husband and three young daughters near Seattle, Washington.
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- Publisher : Thomas Dunne Books; F First Edition Used (September 29, 2009)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 208 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0312544316
- ISBN-13 : 978-0312544317
- Item Weight : 7.2 ounces
- Dimensions : 5.92 x 0.82 x 8.56 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #1,053,548 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #3,718 in Motherhood (Books)
- #9,040 in Business Management (Books)
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About the author
I grew up in sunny Kennewick, Washington and now call Seattle my home.
I have a couple of degrees and many years of managing people under my belt.
A few years ago I had my first child, then my second, and recently my third.
Once I had children, I realized what a powerful management training program parenthood can be.
I decided to write a book about this phenomenon to help other women understand how motherhood is an asset to our careers. I signed with Thomas Dunne, a division of St. Martin's Press. Motherhood is the New MBA: Using Your Parenting Skills to Be a Better Boss released nationwide on September 29th, 2009. It has since been contracted in Brazil and China.
I am active and well-versed in social media. In addition to my own blog, I contribute online to Working Mother Magazine, MomLogic and my company’s blog. I’ve also been a guest contributor on a variety of other sites.
I speak on management and social media.
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Well worth reading !
I have suggested it to dozens of people and have loaned my copy out half a dozen times. It is worth the read and reread.
Shari Storm is a wonderful storyteller. She tells family anecdotes that will make you smile and then relates them to real worklife situations. This is top level business school stuff but expressed so gracefully and accessibly that it's a pleasure to read. I generally have to force myself to plow through business books, but this one went down like ice cream. Smart, healthy, good-for-you-but-still-yummy ice cream.
Storm details 26 true-to-life techniques ("Rip the Band-Aid Off Fast," "Never Say 'I Told You So'") every parent uses and then, like magic, shows how these same techniques can be applied to the workplace. She doesn't draw on just her own experience, which is considerable, but quotes many other notable businesswomen as well. Especially nice are the "take-aways" she provides at the end of each chapter.
This book would make a great gift for any woman (or man--because, really, these tips can and should be used by everyone) who manages people.
A final note: No, she's not saying you should treat your employees like two-year-olds (even when they act like them). What she is tapping into here are deep truths about human nature and human experience. Really a wonderful book.