Download or read book The Family Firm written by Emily Oster and published by Souvenir Press. This book was released on 2021-08-12 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'Chart a child's path with less stress and more optimization for healthy habits and future success' Time From age 5 to 12, parenting decisions get more complicated and have lasting consequences. What's the right kind of school? Should they play a sport? When's the right time for a phone? Making these decisions is less about finding the specific answer and more about taking the right approach. Along with these bigger questions, Oster investigates how to navigate the complexity of day-to-day family logistics. The Family Firm is a smart and winning guide to how to think more clearly - and with less ambient stress - about the key decisions of these early years.
Download or read book Parenting Inc written by Pamela Paul and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2008-04 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A leading social critic goes inside the billion-dollar baby business to expose the marketing and the myths, helping parents determine what’s worth their money—and what’s a waste Parenting coaches, ergonomic strollers, music classes, sleep consultants, luxury diaper creams, a never-ending rotation of DVDs that will make a baby smarter, socially adept, and bilingual before age three. Time-strapped, anxious parents hoping to provide the best for their baby are the perfect mark for the “parenting” industry. In Parenting, Inc., Pamela Paul investigates the whirligig of marketing hype, peer pressure, and easy consumerism that spins parents into purchasing overpriced products and raising overprotected, overstimulated, and over-provided-for children. Paul shows how the parenting industry has persuaded parents that they cannot trust their children’s health, happiness, and success to themselves. She offers a behind-the-scenes look at the baby business so that any parent can decode the claims—and discover shockingly unuseful products and surprisingly effective services. And she interviews educators, psychologists, and parents to reveal why the best thing for a baby is to break the cycle of self-recrimination and indulgence that feeds into overspending. Paul’s book leads the way for every parent who wants to escape the spiral of fear, guilt, competition, and consumption that characterizes modern American parenthood.
Download or read book Harvard Business Review Family Business Handbook written by Josh Baron and published by Harvard Business Press. This book was released on 2021-01-26 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Navigate the complex decisions and critical relationships necessary to create and sustain a healthy family business—and business family. Though "family business" may sound like it refers only to mom-and-pop shops, businesses owned by families are among the most significant and numerous in the world. But surprisingly few resources exist to help navigate the unique challenges you face when you share the executive suite, financial statements, and holidays. How do you make the right decisions, critical to the long-term survival of any business, with the added challenge of having to do so within the context of a family? The HBR Family Business Handbook brings you sophisticated guidance and practical advice from family business experts Josh Baron and Rob Lachenauer. Drawing on their decades-long experience working closely with a wide range of family businesses of all sizes around the world, the authors present proven methods and approaches for communicating effectively, managing conflict, building the right governance structures, and more. In the HBR Family Business Handbook you'll find: A new perspective on what makes family businesses succeed and fail A framework to help you make good decisions together Step-by-step guidance on managing change within your business family Key questions about wealth, unique to family businesses, that you can't afford to ignore Assessments to help you determine where you are—and where you want to go Stories of real companies, from Marchesi Antinori to Radio Flyer Chapter summaries you can use to reinforce what you've learned Keep this comprehensive guide with you to help you build, grow, and position your family business to thrive across generations. HBR Handbooks provide ambitious professionals with the frameworks, advice, and tools they need to excel in their careers. With step-by-step guidance, time-honed best practices, and real-life stories, each comprehensive volume helps you to stand out from the pack—whatever your role.
Download or read book Parenting the Lean Way written by Jared E. Thatcher and published by FamilyMBA Press. This book was released on 2021-05-21 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Where can we learn all the soft-skills necessary to do our job as a parent?There is an unlikely source that can help us to improve our skills ¿ Business. Did you realize that businesses world-wide spend over $300 billion dollars a year to training their employees? Much of that training is in soft-skills. Teamwork, leadership, active listening, communication, conflict resolution, ethics, time management, planning, problem solving, strategy, goal setting and achievement, process design, emotional intelligence, coaching, mentoring, change management, user experience, design thinking, persuasion, and the list of soft-skills goes on and on.Why not take advantage of the training, tools, and methods that have been developed by business and apply them to your parenting, and teach them to your children? These soft-skills can give them a competitive edge in life. Parenting the Lean Way is all about providing additional tools in your parenting toolbox that will make you wonder how you ever got along without them.
Download or read book The ParentPreneur Edge written by Julie Lenzer Kirk and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2007-05-23 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Praise for The ParentPreneur Edge "Who needs an MBA? Julie's book teaches you how to use your parenting experiences to build a business. Brilliant stuff!" --Mary Cantando, author, The Woman's Advantage: 20 Women Entrepreneurs Show You What It Takes to Grow Your Business "Finally! Something that successfully illustrates that parenthood is clearly an asset to gaining the edge in business and success. Julie has written a valuable book that inspires, motivates, and educates." --Gina Robison-Billups, President, Moms In Business Network and The International Association of Working Mothers "Whether you already have your own business or are thinking about starting one, you need to read this book. Full of actionable ideas that, when adopted, will bring benefits to your business before you're even done reading the book!" --Dr. Tom Hill, coauthor, Chicken Soup for the Entrepreneur's Soul "At last--a book that demolishes the polarization of parenting and work! The skills and talents developed through parenting are a mirror image of those developed and needed in entrepreneurship. Julie Lenzer Kirk's . . . firsthand experience blows away abstractions and shows both parents and entrepreneurs how to thrive. This is a necessary and inspiring book for anyone wanting a whole life." --Margaret Heffernan, author, The Naked Truth and How She Does It, Visiting Professor in Entrepreneurship, Simmons College School of Management "Julie Lenzer Kirk integrates parenting and entrepreneurship in a way that incorporates the best of both worlds with a message that screams: You can do it all and enjoy it too!" --Claudia Morrell, Executive Director, Center for Women and Information Technology "This engaging book will inspire readers by showing them how the lessons and skills they've learned as parents can give them an edge in launching a business." --Rieva Lesonsky, Editorial Director, Entrepreneur magazine "Julie makes the case that parenthood and entrepreneurship are the two toughest jobs you will ever love. Successful parenting skills can be put to great use when you journey down the exciting path of entrepreneurship. This book will help readers make that important connection." --Monica Smiley, Publisher and CEO, Enterprising Women magazine
Download or read book Social Q s written by Philip Galanes and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-11-27 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A series of whimsical essays by the New York Times "Social Q's" columnist provides modern advice on navigating today's murky moral waters, sharing recommendations for such everyday situations as texting on the bus to splitting a dinner check.
Download or read book HBR Working Parents Series Collection 3 Books HBR Working Parents Series written by Harvard Business Review and published by Harvard Business Press. This book was released on 2020-12-29 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tips, stories, and strategies for the job that never ends. When it comes to being a working parent, there are no right answers to the tough questions you grapple with, from how to get your toddler out the door to supporting your teen through struggles with their peers to whether or not to accept that big promotion—and the extensive travel and long hours that come with it. But there are answers that are right for you and your family. The HBR Working Parents Series Collection assembles the ideas and strategies you need to help you get ahead—and get through the day. Included in this set are Managing Your Career, Getting It All Done, and Taking Care of Yourself. This compilation offers insights and practical advice from world-class experts on the topics that matter most to working parents including making decisions at home and at work that align with your priorities; navigating tradeoffs—and managing the feelings that come with them; developing strategies for managing both the details of your day and the long-term view of your career; finding time for personal development; and making career choices that work for you—and your family. The HBR Working Parents Series with Daisy Dowling, Series Editor, supports readers as you anticipate challenges, learn how to advocate for yourself more effectively, juggle your impossible schedule, and find fulfillment at home and at work. Whether you're up with a newborn or planning the future with your teen, you'll find the practical tips, strategies, and research you need to make working parenthood work for you.
Download or read book Parenting Inc written by Pamela Paul and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2008-04-01 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A leading social critic goes inside the billion-dollar baby business to expose the marketing and the myths, helping parents determine what's worth their money—and what's a waste Parenting coaches, ergonomic strollers, music classes, sleep consultants, luxury diaper creams, a never-ending rotation of DVDs that will make a baby smarter, socially adept, and bilingual before age three. Time-strapped, anxious parents hoping to provide the best for their baby are the perfect mark for the "parenting" industry. In Parenting, Inc., Pamela Paul investigates the whirligig of marketing hype, peer pressure, and easy consumerism that spins parents into purchasing overpriced products and raising overprotected, overstimulated, and over-provided-for children. Paul shows how the parenting industry has persuaded parents that they cannot trust their children's health, happiness, and success to themselves. She offers a behind-the-scenes look at the baby business so that any parent can decode the claims—and discover shockingly unuseful products and surprisingly effective services. And she interviews educators, psychologists, and parents to reveal why the best thing for a baby is to break the cycle of self-recrimination and indulgence that feeds into overspending. Paul's book leads the way for every parent who wants to escape the spiral of fear, guilt, competition, and consumption that characterizes modern American parenthood.
Download or read book Mom Inc written by Cynthia MacGregor and published by Taylor Trade Publications. This book was released on 2005 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A valuable resource for any mom who is interested in improving her parenting skills, becoming a beter role model, and living as a positive influence on her children, regardless of their ages.
Download or read book How to Talk So Kids Will Listen Listen So Kids Will Talk written by Adele Faber and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 1999-10 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You Can Stop Fighting With Your Chidren! Here is the bestselling book that will give you the know–how you need to be more effective with your children and more supportive of yourself. Enthusiastically praised by parents and professionals around the world, the down–to–earth, respectful approach of Faber and Mazlish makes relationships with children of all ages less stressful and more rewarding. Their methods of communication, illustrated with delightful cartoons showing the skills in action, offer innovative ways to solve common problems.
Download or read book Succeeding as a First Time Parent HBR Working Parents Series written by Harvard Business Review and published by Harvard Business Press. This book was released on 2022-03-08 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Navigate work successfully as a first-time parent. Just when you're starting to figure out parenting, all of a sudden your leave time is over. You're excited to go back, but you already miss your baby like crazy, and you don't know how you're going to get through the first meeting without dozing off, let alone actually do your job. Succeeding as a First-Time Parent will help you take a deep breath and get through it. Your first year as a working parent will be hard, but it can be truly affirming. You'll find you have energy stores, resources, and supporters that you didn't know existed and that you can make strides forward at work when you're a new mother or father. You'll learn to: Understand all your options for childcare Hit the ground running when you return from leave Stay on the career track you want to be on Carry on amid inevitable exhaustion and emotional upheaval Set your family up for success, however you measure it The HBR Working Parents Series with Daisy Dowling, Series Editor, supports readers as you anticipate challenges, learn how to advocate for yourself more effectively, juggle your impossible schedule, and find fulfillment at home and at work. Whether you're up with a newborn or planning the future with your teen, you'll find the practical tips, strategies, and research you need to make working parenthood work for you.
Download or read book The Business of Co Parenting For Dads written by Merissa V. Grayson and published by Merissa V.\Grayson, #Esq.. This book was released on 2014-01-03 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although in an ideal situation, parents would be happily married, in a relationship, or at least able to parent together without problems, in many of our realities, unfortunately, the ideal situation does not exist. We currently live in a world where millions of families are headed by single parents, more than 40% of children are being raised without their fathers, thousands of blended families form every day, and children who live in a divided or blended family are three times more likely to need psychological counseling than other children. Mrs. Grayson attributes much of this amplified need for psychological counseling to the co-parenting woes that often come with the territory of being in a divided family. The Business of Co-Parenting: for Dads, is the second book of a ground-breaking series written for parents who are struggling with either making the transition into a divided family or struggling with co-parenting peacefully. In this book, Mrs. Grayson applies her experience as a wife, mother, step-mother, and Family Law Attorney and shares practical solutions to common problems many fathers face including denied visitation, alienation, legal disputes, the "deadbeat" zone, and more. The first book of the series, The Business of Co-Parenting for Single Moms, released in 2013 and is an excellent companion to the book for dads, as it shares practical solutions to the common issues single moms face. The series will provide insight and equip parents of divided/blended families with a unique perspective and many surprising, yet needed techniques to take control of their divided family so they may live drama free and focus on what is truly in the best interest of their child.
Download or read book When Your Parents Sign the Paychecks written by Greg McCann and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When your parents own the family business, your career decisions hit close to home. This new resource is the only book written for young people who must decide if they want a career in their family's business. The author guides them through the challenges, opportunities, and risks that are never addressed in school and sometimes not openly discussed in the family. It explains that young people in these families need to take charge of their own career paths, avoid entitlement, and earn respect and credibility--whether inside or outside the company. Instead of being seduced into not working hard or joining the family business by default, the next generation learns the steps for professional success. These steps show all family business offspring how to find career direction, create an education and career plan, develop marketability, face their family's expectations, preserve relationships, get objective mentors, and handle wealth and power. Based on years of experience at the best family business college program, the guide contains examples and proven advice to help young people take ownership of their future before deciding whether to join the family business and eventually take ownership of the company.U.S. family businesses employ half the workforce in the country, constitute 90 percent of businesses, and are creating most new jobs. But 70 percent of family businesses fail to survive to the next generation. Research shows that this failure rate in large part is because the next generation is not adequately prepared for their futures. More than one-third of all college students' families owns a business, says author Greg McCann, director of Stetson University's Family Business Center, which has the nation's best academic major on the topic.
Download or read book Parenting a Business written by Jeremy Cortez and published by . This book was released on 2018-08-04 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How would you like to have your "parenting skills" translate into untapped talents of entrepreneurship? Hardly an oxymoron! It works, and I have firsthand experience creating multiple businesses and income streams all while spending time raising my two boys. Parenting a Business is a guide to help parents navigate the intimidating arena of building a business. This book parallels the striking similarities between parenting and business, showing how your endless days and sleepless nights as a parent provide you the edge to becoming successful in business. Simplification is key to a dual lifestyle, so I make it very easy to create a business from a place of purpose and passion in a relatable way. You will learn: -How your children have the ultimate formula for figuring out what business to create -How your diaper bag unlocks the secret to business scalability -How your kids have groomed you to be masters of marketing and selling -How parenting has developed a crucial skill to achieving business success With this book, you will discover your business qualifications, developed as a parent, and dive into the realm of entrepreneurship.
Download or read book HBR Working Parents Starter Set 5 Books written by Harvard Business Review and published by Harvard Business Press. This book was released on 2022-08-02 with total page 517 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All the advice you need to succeed as a first-time working parent. The year after having your first baby can be one of the most challenging and disorienting periods of your career. From finding the best childcare when you return to work, to setting expectations with your manager, to getting enough sleep so you can show up as the person you want to be and do your job well—juggling it all can seem impossible. You're not alone, but you're going through a tough moment and you need support. The HBR Working Parents Starter Set offers insights and practical advice from world-class experts on the topics that are the most important to new working parents who want to be great parents and have impactful careers. The five books in this set—Succeeding as a First-Time Parent, Getting It All Done, Taking Care of Yourself, Managing Your Career, and Communicate Better with Everyone—will teach you how to transition back to work effectively, make decisions that align with your priorities, find time for personal development, and make career choices that work for you—and your family. There's no simple answer or foolproof tip to make working parenthood easy—but the strategies in this collection can help set you on the path toward finding success both in your career and as a parent. The HBR Working Parents Series with Daisy Dowling, Series Editor, supports readers as you anticipate challenges, learn how to advocate for yourself more effectively, juggle your impossible schedule, and find fulfillment at home and at work. Whether you're up with a newborn or planning the future with your teen, you'll find the practical tips, strategies, and research you need to make working parenthood work for you.
Download or read book The Parents Guide to Raising CEO Kids written by Jerry Cook and published by . This book was released on 2011-07-02 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From lemonade stand to CEO...Embracing your child's dream of entrepreneurship yields practical life skills, financial awareness, and priceless rewards for the entire family.Hundreds of kids start businesses every year-and hundreds more have their dreams extinguished by well-meaning parents. But the benefits of business ownership far outweigh the fear of risk that often stands in the way of a parent's support.Drawing from more than 200 interviews and Jerry and Sarah Cook's expertise in parenting, child development, and entrepreneurship, The Parents' Guide to Raising CEO Kids provides comprehensive assistance for helping your child succeed in business and life, as well as inspiration for those who wish to attain business success at any age. This integrative handbook guides parents-and their children-to turn the dreams of business ownership into tangible reality.
Download or read book Doing It All as a Solo Parent HBR Working Parents Series written by Harvard Business Review and published by Harvard Business Press. This book was released on 2022-03-08 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You're only one person—but you're not alone. As a single parent, you know your life is different from the other working parents around you. With the pressure to perform well at work and no partner to assist with tasks at home (let alone major crises), you likely find yourself pulled in all directions, with many responsibilities and little support. Doing It All as a Solo Parent offers you the help you need to lighten the load. Drawing on the wisdom of experts and parents alike, it provides practical tips and advice tailored to your unique challenges as a solo parent. Whether you're single, widowed, or have a partner who is unable to help, you'll discover how to do it all—with less stress. You'll learn to: Create a support system of family and friends Make time spent with your children more meaningful Shape a long-term career despite short-term demands Build a childcare backup bench Carve out time for yourself The HBR Working Parents Series provides support as you anticipate challenges, learn how to advocate for yourself more effectively, juggle your impossible schedule, and find fulfillment at home and at work. Whether you're up with a newborn or planning the future with your teen, you’ll find the practical tips, strategies, and research you need to make working parenthood work for you.
