How to avoid being Mommy Tracked

Online, January 27, 2010 (Newswire.com) - For those not working for a few enlightened companies on Fortune's 100 best companies to work for, a reality of the modern workplace is that wearing the mommy aura to work may mean fewer opportunities, promotions and a greater vulnerability to political maneuvering. Bloggermoms, a website for parenting ideas and advice in a multicultural world, today released a tip sheet on how to avoid being classified as being on the 'Mommy Tracked' in your workplace which includes ideas like talking like dads and not apologizing for leaving for kids' activities and dressing it up.
Being on the Mommy Track began as a good thing with companies offering moms options to blend in work and home life by working part time or from home once they had children while keeping options open for to return a full time role.
But for many, being known as being on the Mommy track may mean a subtle assumption that moms are not able or willing to give their 100% to their work. It can create a shift in how moms are perceived in the workplace as being ready to take on tough assignments. It can become part of their personal brand at work whether they like it or not.
Since for moms, kids always remain at the back of their minds, and juggling many routines become that much tougher, it is often difficult to segregate our lives as mothers from that as career women. Bloggermoms tip sheet provides a practical checklist for things to do and things to avoid staying off the 'Mommy Track'.
The complete list is available at http://www.bloggermoms.com/newblog/?p=3679. The tips include not apologizing endlessly for working from home one day, talking more like dads do when leaving to pick up their kids, projecting confidence and availability when working from home, dressing it up and avoiding plastering their cubicles with many kids photographs and their conversations with the latest achievements and problems of their kids.
Bloggermoms (http://www.bloggermoms.com) is a website that offers tips, ideas and resources for parenting in a multicultural world. The content is contributed by multiple writers and covers topics ranging from careers, baby names, recipes, navigating pregnancy, kids activities and stories from lives of moms raising kids in a multicultural world. Other articles for navigating careers in a multicultural world are available at in the moms@work section of the website.