Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-249) and index.
Mom-in-Chief: How Wisdom from the Workplace Can Save Your Family from Chaos; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Leadership Strategy 1: Setting Big-Picture Goals; Leadership Strategy 2: Discovering Your Leadership Style; Leadership Strategy 3: Managing Conflict; Leadership Strategy 4: Creating a Family Culture; Leadership Strategy 5: Leading Through Crisis; Leadership Strategy 6: Managing the Growing Pains of Adolescence; Leadership Strategy 7: Balancing Priorities; Conclusion.
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We work so hard to build our management and leadership skills in our careers, but we often feel like blithering idiots when faced with a child who won't cooperate, a husband who doesn't pay attention and a household that seems ready to collapse from the weight of our anxiety about chores. "Why can't I be as smart at home as I am at work?" I have often found myself wondering. These words--written by Carol Evans and excerpted from the Foreword of Mom-in-Chief --sum up why leadership expert Jamie Woolf wrote this book. They reflect the sentiments of countless professional women who feel great about.