Working mothers deal with a host of responsibilities and stress -- along with a heaping tablespoon of mommy guilt. Societal forces and beliefs pose certain “expectations” of a mother, such as keeping a tidy house, feeding nutritious meals to her family and pets, volunteering at school, carpooling, meeting professional performance standards, and so forth. It’s no wonder that today’s working mom is simply exhausted!

What can you do to relieve the mommy guilt so you can get to work on leading a happy, productive, and fulfilled life? The following six tips will take you far on that journey. 

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Copyright 2008 by Dona Lyman

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Tanya had recently emigrated from Russia shortly after the collapse of the old Soviet Union. She had obtained an excellent technical education, which qualified her for the job with her uncle's company. In addition to her Russian engineering degree she also began work on an MBA in the States. In these studies she was exposed to modernized business and especially management practices, something her uncle and his business partner had not had. In this training-combined with her natural-born sensitivity-she learned about good communication, appropriate reinforcement, goal setting, and involving the employee in management decisions. In short she learned about a "people first" approach to management.

In my recently co-authored book, “Flow of Work and the Company’s Fortunes” I promote the idea of Flow of Work as a central idea that all business owners and managers want. It is about productivity in a company and everyone working together to attain optimum output. When you see this occurring in a company it is perfectly clear. When it is not occurring it is perfectly clear in a negative way. By spending time as an observer (or a customer) you get an immediate feel that a company is, or is not, flowing.

While having “three years experience” can be a good thing, if the candidate can’t communicate well, who cares about their “experience”.  To ensure that you hire “right”, ask the right questions during the interview process.  That will ensure that you “put the right person on the bus”, your company bus that is.