Mommy Track

The Real Reason Women Are More Likely to Fly Solo When It Comes to Work

Barbara & Shannon Kelley | Posted 05.07.2012

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Barbara & Shannon Kelley

The workplace still skews a little Mad Men, where, for every Don behind the desk, there's a Betty at home to take care of business. (Betty's been replaced, but you get my point.)

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It's A Good Time To Be A Woman

Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Women in the Workplace, Video, War on Women, Women CEOs, Women Pay, Marissa Mayer, Daddy Track, Mommy Track, Fathers Parenting, Raising Kids, Stay at Home Dads, Women Salaries, Money News

Forget the politics of the so-called war on women. When it comes to their careers anyway, women seem to be winning. Two stories Monday highlight wo...

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Ladies First: Studies Show Women Are Better Leaders. So Why Aren't There More of Us Leading?

Barbara & Shannon Kelley | Posted 05.28.2012

Read More: Gender Differences, Women and Leadership, Sheryl Sandberg, 16 Percent Ghetto, Joseph Folkman, Gender Pay Gap, Jack Zenger, Mommy Track, Feminine Strength, Feminism, Debora-Spar, Harvard Business Review, Women News
Barbara & Shannon Kelley

In the span of a little over a week, two huge studies have found that women are viewed as better leaders than men.

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Laura Stampler

Working Moms: Work-Life Balance Affected By Language Used, Kellogg Study Finds

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Stampler | Posted 10.30.2011

Read More: Women in the Workplace, Women's Empowerment, Choice Rhetoric, Choice Framework Scale, Time Off Work, Working Women, Mommy Track, Work-Life Balance, Kellogg School of Management, Opt-Out, Stay at Home Mom, Working Moms, Video, Women News

Very few employers have figured out how to make work -- and life -- manageable for working mothers, but what if it's not just our work-life policies t...

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WATCH: How To Transition From Mommy Track To Career Track

The Huffington Post | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: How to Rejoin the Workforce, Women in the Workforce, Women's Empowerment, Mothers Going Back to Work, Make the Transition Back to Work, Women Rejoining the Workforce, Women Going Back to Work, Mommy Track, Back to Work, Career, Video, Healthy Living News

According to Census reports, there are more than 5 million stay-at-home moms in the United States. As our economy continues to take a beating, many of...

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The Most Powerful Mother's Day Gift In The World

Barbara Hannah Grufferman | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Sabbatical Leave, Career Women, Work After 50, Careers, Mommy Track, Life After 50, Sabbaticals From Work, Women Job Discrimination, Women Work, Mothers Job Discrimination, Women Jobs, Healthy Living News
Barbara Hannah Grufferman

While most women feel grateful for the flowers, cards and mini-vacations from household chores that Mother's Day offers, countless more are wondering why they aren't getting the one gift that they want and need more than any other: a job.

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Derailed By The 'Mommy Track'? 10 Tips To Get Back To Work

Barbara Hannah Grufferman | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Mommy Wars, Mommy Track, Career Track, Mothers Going Back to Work, Moms Going Back to Work, Moms Work, Careers, Mothers Careers, Working Women, Mothers Work, Moms Careers, Professional Women, Going Back to Work, Healthy Living News
Barbara Hannah Grufferman

The challenge that many women -- including me -- didn't think through was this: If I decide to remove myself from the workforce for a period of time, will be I be able to get back in?

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Can Womenomics Ease the Stress of Work/Life Balance?

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Stress, Womenomics, Michelle Obama, Mommy Track, Workplace, Opt-Out Revolution, Katty Kay, Working Women, Calire Shipman, Work-Life Balance, Lisa Belkin, Family Life, Professional Women, Stress Reduction, Family, World News, Bbc, Healthy Living News
Marcia G. Yerman

A whopping 87 percent of women would like more equilibrium between the competing areas of their lives. Two professionals have entered the conversation with a new book.

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The Reality Of The 'New Mommy Track'

mommytrackd.com | Meredith O'Brien | Posted 11.17.2011

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I'm not trying to sound like a negative Nelly. I like the "atta-girl" boost one gets from reading articles about triumphant women as much as the next...

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