At home you may feel as if you've lost control of your cash flow, you have to cajole and beg to get any help with chores and your projects are buried under an avalanche of clutter. What's going on?

Perhaps we still feel compelled to prove we can do it all, and we're reluctant to enlist family help. The myth of Supermom still lurks in many American homes. Or maybe after a full day of prioritizing and managing, we're too pooped to launch into the same routine at home. It's easier just to unload the dishwasher than to plead with a teenager for some assistance.

Your home is not a business, you may argue, and there are plenty of different forces at work. True, but women have proven to be successful managers in the workplace, so the natural question is, can we use those organizational and managerial skills at home?

Absolutely, says Neale Godfrey, author of the recent book Mom, Inc. But just because we can doesn't mean we do. Godfrey argues that women are "not utilizing [their skills] fully for the biggest management job of all." And like it or not, Mom is usually the CEO of the family.