#MakingTime A Day in the Life of a Financial Services VP and Mom

MakingTime A Day in the Life of a Financial Services VP and Mom Nicole Perkins is accustomed to managing a wide range of responsibilities. As Executive Vice President and Managing Executive of Hawthorn, PNC Family Wealth, she oversees billions of dollars worth of assets in a way that best serves individuals and families. And on the homefront, shes always seeking to maximize ROIs, too, managing everything from zu sich familys own investments to signing off on her childrens homework.Recently, she shared with Fairygodboss how shes able to generate the most impact out of all of her various roles (hint having a family-friendly employer like PNC definitely helps with that).--Who Nicole PerkinsWhat Executive Vice President and Managing Executive of Hawthorn, PNC Family WealthWhere Philadelphia, Penn.--630 a.m.The alarm goes off and I immediately hit snooze. I am NOT a morning person. After a second hit of the snooze button, I am finally up.715 a.m.Given the morning problem, I make a protein shake rather than a full breakfast. After wrestling with Mo, our little Jack Russell mix, to put on his diaper (his recently developed incontinence being one of the newest challenges in my world), I am out the door at 730. 745 a.m.After dropping my youngest daughter off at the high school, I settle into my 30 minute drive to the office. This is where I transition from Mommy/wife/dog-cleaner-up after to Executive by listening to an audio book. Right now I am reading Beneath a Scarlett Sky by Mark Sullivan. 830 a.m.Im in the office in time to dial into a market insight call. At 9 a.m. I have an HR meeting and at 10 a.m. a one-on-one call with one of my senior leaders to catch up on his market.1100 a.m.I lead the launch meeting of a new initiative for the business that I am extremely excited for. This is my baby and I love to spend time on it.1200 p.m.I run out to the nearby gourmet grocer to shop quickly for something for dinner. My husband, Gio, is out of town and he usually starts dinner, so this will save me time between leaving work and getting dinner on the table. I grab a quick lunch to go for myself at the saatkorn time to eat back at the office.1245 p.m.I am back in the office and while I eat my lunch I do some quick online shopping for my daughters Crew team uniform that I still hadnt gotten around to100 p.m.I have a mentoring call with a young female professional in the business. Its a quarterly call we set up with an informal agenda so that we can just connect and discuss anything shed like. At 2 p.m. I have a budget meeting and from 3-5 p.m. more calls with senior leaders of my team to catch up on their markets.500 p.m.I take an urgent call with one of my senior leaders regarding a client issue. 545 p.m.Its my drive back home and another chapter of Beneath a Scarlett Sky Im transitioning back to my Mommy role, etc.630 p.m.After a quick change at home, I am at my personal trainer session. By 745 p.m. Im home to quickly make dinner for the kids.810 p .m.Dinner is on the table at 810 p.m., a little later than usual because its a trainer day.915 p.m.I retreat to my family office, which currently is my bedroom, to take care of some personal business including signing school papers, reviewing listings my realtor sent over (we are considering a move), and paper work for the small investment we made in a condominium. 1015 p.m.I check email messages to make sure nothing urgent has come in since I left the office. I respond to a few, but by 1045 p.m. I am ready to relax and unwind a bit with a little TV.1145 p.m.Im feeling myself drift off and I let it happen.--Fairygodboss is proud to partner with PNC.