Motherhood Is Leadership.
Research, commentary, and media resources from Chief of Mom Life — making the leadership happening across modern motherhood visible through original research, thought leadership, and practical application.
For interviews, commentary, research findings, or background:
abbypoklar@chiefofmomlife.com
What 247 Moms Told Us About Leading Mom Life
Phase One of the Mom Life Leadership Survey examines mental load, clarity, systems, identity, intentionality, and the largely invisible leadership required to make family life work.
"We often talk about Mom Life as a collection of tasks — meals, schedules, appointments, activities, laundry. But underneath all of that is leadership."Abby Poklar, Founder & Editor-in-Chief
A resource for stories about modern motherhood and leadership.
Abby Poklar, Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Chief of Mom Life, is available for interviews, podcasts, panels, and commentary.
- Motherhood as leadership
- Mental load and invisible cognitive work
- Systems, routines, and the mental load at home
- Working motherhood and leadership
- Clarity, identity, and intentionality
- The difference between participation and ownership
- How Mom Life leadership changes as children grow
- What employers, schools, and organizations can learn from Moms
A senior organizational leader whose work spans strategy, leadership, organizational performance, and culture. She founded Chief of Mom Life to bring a leadership lens to the complexity of modern motherhood.
Request an Interview →An ongoing study of how Moms actually lead their lives.
Original research building a data-driven picture of the mental load, the decisions no one sees, and what helps make that leadership more sustainable.
Research areas: mental load · clarity · systems · identity · intentionality · family direction · leadership across seasons
Explore the Research →Announcements.
Coverage.
Co-founder Jessica Sahney on building a community of Moms around the belief that motherhood is leadership.
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Abby Poklar joins NBC4 anchor Jennifer Bullock to discuss the leadership happening every day across Mom Life.
Watch on NBC4 →A leadership practice for modern motherhood.
Chief of Mom Life is built on a simple premise: Motherhood Is Leadership. Every day, Moms navigate competing priorities, allocate limited resources, resolve conflict, anticipate needs before they become crises, and guide the development of human beings. If these responsibilities existed inside a company, we would call it leadership without hesitation.
Chief of Mom Life exists to close that gap — a leadership framework, original research, and community built on the belief that the complexity of Mom Life is not a personal failing, but the reality of leading one of the most demanding roles in modern life.
Read the founding essay: Motherhood Is Leadership →
A Chief of Staff and senior executive at a leading educational nonprofit, whose career centers on clarity amid complexity. She founded Chief of Mom Life to bring a leadership lens to modern motherhood.
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An MIT-educated systems engineer with an MBA and fifteen years at a leading tech company, designing systems that produce reliable outcomes at scale. She leads product, operations, and the app.
LinkedIn →Everything you need to tell the story.
Company boilerplate and additional assets on request. Media contact: abbypoklar@chiefofmomlife.com