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Welcome to the Hot Mommas Project Learning Series where we showcase a Hot Mommas Project case selected by a student team member or guest. The series is targeted toward educators and leadership groups seeking authentic role models in addition to business/career lessons. A complementary podcast accompanies each blog post. Episodes feature interviews with Hot Mommas Project [...]
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Welcome to the Hot Mommas Project Learning Series where we showcase a Hot Mommas Project case selected by a student team member or guest. The series is targeted toward educators and leadership groups seeking authentic role models in addition to business/career lessons. A complementary podcast accompanies each blog post. Episodes feature interviews with Hot Mommas [...]
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Tags: environmental reform, hot mommas project, mothers, social justice, tina williams
Rosabeth Moss Kanter is hosted by the George Washington University School of Business where she speaks about her new book SuperCorp: How Vanguard Companies Create Innovation, Profits, Growth, and Social Good. She is a Harvard Business School professor and listed as one of the top 50 most influential women in the world by the London Times.
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Tags: 50 most powerful women, George Washington University School of Business, harvard business school, Rosabeth Moss Kanter, SuperCorp
Biography: Rosabeth Moss Kanter
Rosabeth Moss Kanter speaks at the George Washington University School of Business on September 23, 2009 at 6 pm at Funger Hall as part of the Center for Entrepreneurial Excellence (CFEE) Hoffman Distinguished Lecture Series. The focus of the talk is her new book, SuperCorp: How Vanguard Companies Create Innovation, Profits, Growth, and Social Good. Please find her full bio below.
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In preparation for our 2008-2009 Hot Mommas Project Case Study Competition, we are focusing on ROLE MODELS. Do you or someone you know have a story to tell or lessons to share with others? Then get ready to write your own case. Our goal is to build the worlds largest women’s case study database for [...]
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Tags: boot in the butt, hot momma, hot mommas project women, julie lenzer kirk, leadership, pathforward, posh goddess of the day, role model, the parentpreneur edge, work it mom, work life balance
Innovation within the artistic community is fascinating. It shows us that leadership and entrepreneurial qualities are found everywhere. Alvin Ailey, for instance, created his own brand and style of dance company…in part, to have the freedom to create culturally-infused dance. Ailey trained and mentored Judith Jamison, the company’s star dancer, who took over [...]
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Tags: alvin ailey, Arts, ballet russe, BET top 25 dancers of all time, fly girls, igor stravinsky, innovation, judith jamison, matisse, picasso, rosie perez
Benazir Bhutto, Prime Minister of Pakistan, was assasinated this past week. Reading about her life and impact is tragic, inspiring, and humbling. A great summary of her iconic influence can be found in a Daily Times commentary by attorney and constitutional law educator Rafia Zakaria: 'In a country where women are routinely [...]
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Tags: Benazir Bhutto, influence, Pakistan
Manicurist and Mentor
In the greater Cincinnati/Kentucky area for a conference with my husband. Went to a great spa, Sableux. Lori – my manicurist – embodies the reasons why women are such incredible entrepreneurs.
Creativity – Lori has a fabulous idea for a mixed spa/retail format store. I love the idea, in large part because a spa/retail concept [...]
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Tags: Anita Roddick, common sense, Doris Christopher, entrepreneur, intuition, traits, Values, women
Anita Roddick, Founder of The Body Shop, died yesterday. She was not only a tremendously successful woman in business, but also one of the pioneers of corporate social responsibility. Mike Hoffman of Inc. Magazine writes:
“The tension between scale and success versus authenticity and ethical conduct was a recurring theme in Roddick’s business career. [...]
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Tags: Anita Roddick, Ben and Jerry, Ben Cohen, Body Shop, corporate responsibility, Jerry Greenfield, Paul Hawken, Smith and Hawken, social entrepreneur, women in business
“And you aaaarrrrre? And you’re wiiiiiiiith?” I am reminded of David Spade’s old skit on Saturday Night Live skit as I read Forbes list of the “100 Most Powerful Women.” Angela Merkel, chancellor of Germany, has topped the list for the second year. A Google Alert came across my desk that women don’t know who [...]
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Tags: 100 Most Powerful Women, Angela Merkel, chencellor, David Spade, Germany
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