FC 002: Who’s Leading This Family? - Guest: Jamie Woolf (April 26, 2009)
Who’s Leading This Family? A family needs to be a team if it’s going to run smoothly. And every team needs a clear leader. Does your family have one? Is the person calling the shots one parent, both parents, or one of the kids? In this podcast I talk with Jamie Woolf, author of Mom-in-Chief: How Wisdom from the Workplace Can Save Your Family from Chaos. (Josey-Bass 2009) Jamie’s book along with her workshops and conference appearances for Working Mother Magazine, lays out her “best practices” to enjoy more success at home and at work. She does by providing valuable insights along with in-the-trenches-strategies for taking the skills working moms learn at the office and using them become the parent leader your kids need.
About Jamie Woolf, M.S.
Jamie Woolf is a veteran leadership consultant and contributor to Working Mother magazine. Based on her work inside dozens of organizations, She founded The Parent Leader to help mothers and fathers gain the self-awareness and leadership skills to transform their daily parenting challenges into desired results and co-founded Pinehurst Consulting, an organization development and training consulting firm. She serves on the Advisory Board of Working Mother Media.
More info at: MomInChief.com
About Annie Fox, M.Ed.
Annie is an educator with 30+ years experience. She's been on the receiving end of email questions from tweens, teens and parents since 1997. Annie's books include: The Teen Guide to Dating and Relating, Too Stressed to Think? And the the new Middle School Confidential Series™
More information about Annie at: AnnieFox.com
About Family Confidential
Family Confidential: Secrets of Successful Parenting is a weekly podcast that focuses on 21st century parenting challenges and solutions. Hosted by Annie Fox and produced by Electric Eggplant, Family Confidential brings you practical parenting advice through in-depth conversations with authors, educators and therapists. If you're a parent of a tween or teen, this series is for you. In fact, you can become part of the series by sending in your parenting questions and getting direct answers. These recorded discussions help parents strengthen family connections by providing tips, child-rearing insight and practical tools for guiding your kids through the teen years and beyond. FamilyConfidential.com