– By Pushpa Sathish, Staff Writer

Sure we all know that moms are great, but did you know that they are in great demand at Fortune 500 companies? If you’ve seen them balance the pressures of running a household, taking care of bratty kids, battling irate husbands, and yet coming out of this chaos with their sanity intact, you’ll know why. 

Katherine Ellison effectively explains this demand in her book, “The Mommy Brain” – moms have a higher level of emotional intelligence that equips them with the necessary people skills that are deemed a necessity in any organization today to perform a variety of tasks under pressure, provide effective leadership, be dependable at all times, and work with care. This theory is supported by a study conducted at the Wellesley University that found that most women felt that they were effective leaders in their fields of work because they were mothers first.

The only thing that hampers their climb up the corporate ladder is the lack of a degree or formal higher education. With the advent of online education, that hurdle has been easily crossed. The Bureau of Statistics at the U.S. Department of Labor reports that the next ten years will see a rise in the number of women working in the IT and health sectors, and online education is a surefire strategy that will help them shine in their chosen spheres.