"Entrepreneur Mother of the Year" Award to be Presented to Work at Home Mom, Laurelle Johnson, by "Working Mother Magazine" May 8, 2009
Laurelle Johnson, a work at home mom, will be honored as "Entrepreneur Mother of the Year" by "Working Mother Magazine" in New York, May 8, 2009. Johnson joins a select group of high-powered businesswomen, including Michelle Obama, the First Lady of the United States, to be honored as a working mom who adeptly balances her career with being a mother.
Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) April 28, 2009 -- Laurelle Johnson, a work at home mom, will be honored as "Entrepreneur Mother of the Year" by "Working Mother Magazine" in New York, May 8, 2009. Johnson joins a select group of high-powered businesswomen, including Michelle Obama, the First Lady of the United States, to be honored as a working mom who adeptly balances her career with being a mother.
Laurelle Johnson, Creative President, InnerWealth Communications
A speech and presentation coach, Laurelle Johnson is the Creative President of Innerwealth Communications. In her home based business, she teaches businesswomen how to pitch to male angel and venture capital investors. She is also the author of a workbook called, "Is Your Elevator Speech Taking Your Business to the Top Floor". Johnson's strategy has paid off, as female entrepreneurs have raised over $1.5 million in financing by working with Johnson and by using her elevator pitch workbook.
Says Johnson, "Women are terrified to ask for funding. Knowing what to say to male investors and how to say it is critical if they want to attract funding for their products and services. That's why I coach businesswomen and created the elevator pitch workbook."
While operating a home based business is not for every working mom, Johnson has learned how to balance her role as a successful entrepreneur with that of being a mother. Johnson attributes her success as a work at home mom in part due to her ability to delegate. For example, daughters, Emily, 16, and Gabby, 13, clean their own rooms, do laundry and cook dinner once a month.
Says Johnson, "As a family, we all decide together who is doing what, and then I stay out of it. That means not coming up afterwards and redoing things my way, even if the job was done ineptly. Johnson also maintains a zero tolerance for complaining, and communication is fostered by a strict rule--email and phones off by 6:00 p.m.
In between coaching clients and taxiing her daughters to theater and other activities, Johnson schedules time to nurture herself. She is landscaping her garden by hand and engages in creative art projects. Says Johnson, "As a mother and a business woman, it can be easy to overlook your own needs while you're taking care of everyone else. Every working mother should schedule time just for herself. Besides, my think tank is my garden. I get my best ideas while doing something creative."
"Is Your Elevator Speech Taking Your Business to the Top Floor", Johnson's workbook, is available at http://www.innerwealthspeakers.com/products.html.
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