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Executive Mama

Wednesday, March 25th, 2009 | Executive Mama | 5 Comments

I’ve worked since I was 15 years old.  Some years I worked because I wanted the challenge, the recognition, the opportunity to contribute-and some years I worked because I wanted to eat!  I’ve waited tables, stocked grocery shelves, sold Prom dresses, taught speech communication at a Big 10 university, re-designed processes for a manufacturer, created a gazillion communication and change management plans . . .for IT systems, mergers, reorganizations.  I’m married, with two daughters.  I read, I lead a Girl Scout Troop, I workout (not enough to make up for the Girl Scout cookies), and I’m a Vice President at FranklinCovey.

 That’s what this blog category is about:  Being an Executive Mama. Choosing to be an executive mama.

 Women have more choices as to how to mix career and family than any previous generation.  And yet, some don’t aspire to leadership roles, particularly executive roles, because of the perception that the only acceptable executive style is paternalistic command and control.  Others want executive status and a rich family life, possibly including children, but don’t see a path to doing both AND living to tell about it.  This blog will encourage realistic optimists to make conscious choices about their leadership style, strive for executive influence in influential organizations including business and government, and to provide a map as to the decisions to be made in order to earn the right to be called both “executive” and “mama” in the same lifetime.

 Next week:  No whining.

 Author: Jennifer Colosimo, Vice President of Sales and Delivery Effectiveness at FranklinCovey

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5 Comments to Executive Mama

Ashley A. - Central Region
March 29, 2009

Wow Jen, this looks really interesting! I’ll definitely be following these posts. Thanks for sharing insight on both your professional and personal life.

Pat Snyder
March 31, 2009

Jennifer,
What a great idea for a blog category! As a lawyer and mother of 3, I could not have made it as an executive mama without my Franklin Planner and a sense of humor. For almost a decade, I ‘ve actually written a humor column about all the juggling, which will soon become the basis for my first book, “The Dog Ate My Planner: Tales and Tips from an Overbooked Life.” (Two Harbors Press, Minneapolis).
No surprise when a reader favorite in this month’s “Name The Dog” contest was Franklin.
Executive mamas rock!
Pat Snyder
Columbus, Ohio

Lisa P
April 2, 2009

I am excited to follow your blog. I am a working mother, wife and a full-time student. I need any advice you have on how to not only survive but to succeed in all of these areas. I look forward to hearing what you have to say.

MICHALERIC18
August 11, 2010

Women have more choices as to how to mix career and family than any previous generation. And yet, some don’t aspire to leadership roles, particularly executive roles, because of the perception that the only acceptable executive style is paternalistic command and control.Thanks for sharing insight on both your professional and personal life.No surprise when a reader favorite in this month’s “Name The Dog” contest was Franklin.
Executive mamas rock.I need any advice you have on how to not only survive but to succeed in all of these areas.
anand thanks

White Craig
August 26, 2010

I like this page……………………………

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