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Ann Crittenden, co-founder with the NAMC of the MOTHERS Initiative, and critically acclaimed author, has published "If You've Raised Kids, You Can Manage Anything." Mothers and fathers have long suspected that if they can handle the challenges that confront them as parents, they can handle anything. in her new book, Ann Crittenden confirms this unacknowledged truth and demolishes the idea that parents toil in a separate domestic sphere that is somehow less demanding than and different from the world of power and business. Crittenden reveals, for example, that the advice contained in bestselling management books is strikingly similar to the advice offered in parenting books. If You've Raised Kids, You can Manage Anything is the first book to describe the parenting skills that are transferable to the workplace and the lessons of leadership that can be leared from raising children.
Drawing on her own experience, and interviews with nearly 100 prominent parents in the fields of business, law, government, diplomacy, entertainment, and academia, Crittenden discusses how child-rearing:
- calls for multitasking and the ability to function amidst constant distractions
- enhances interpersonal skills, from effective negotiation to dealing with difficult people
- develops skills in motivating and encouraging others to excel
- teaches a keen sense of fair play and integrity, and much more
Full of management tips and positive, real-life stories exploring to what extent corporate culture has begun to recognize the valuable experience of parents, If You've Raised Children, You Can Manage Anything is a powerful book that validates the work of those who raise our children. It offers empowering insights into the assets that conscientious mothers and fathers can bring to the workplace.
To read an exerpt, look at "Management Tips from Mothers" and to order the book, go to http://www.anncrittenden.com/iyrkbook.htm.
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