Leadership tool for returners from leave
This week’s blog has been inspired by a WBECS coaching webinar I attended led by US leadership consultant, Liz Kislik: ‘How to Help Lead from ...
Parental Guilt, a Dad’s Perspective
In last week’s blog, Sarah Flynn shared her thoughts around maternal guilt. No exploration of parental guilt is complete without also looking at this from ...
Maternal Guilt
This week’s blog has been written by Sarah Flynn, a new coach on our team. Sarah is also a business psychologist and postnatal facilitator - ...
Supporting breastfeeding mothers: minor policy change – major impact
Isn’t this just a small detail which doesn’t apply to many employees? Does it actually matter? Absolutely it matters! Considering continuing with breastfeeding when returning ...
#working parent loneliness
STRESS is the focus of this week’s Mental Health Awareness campaign. We all know that life as a working parent is incredibly stressful, so we’ve ...
What is the future of coaching?
This week’s blog has been inspired by our attendance at the International Coach Federation (ICF) annual conference. If the average attention span of a Millennial ...
Strategies for long-term working parent satisfaction
Why do some parents stay and some leave? How much influence does HR have over the longer-term success of parental-leave returners? How much of it ...
Inspiring today’s working parents to become tomorrow’s leaders
At this week’s CIPD Learning & Development Show, Adam Kingl from the London Business School delivered an inspiring presentation on developing future leaders….which got me ...
Top 10 ways to retain dads at work
Last month, working dads had a great press-boost. The Guardian reported on MPs’ plea for 12 weeks paid paternity leave and the BBC outlined how ...
Intense, stressful, exhausting: IVF + Working – are we doing enough?
More than a quarter of a million babies have now been born in the UK as a result of fertility treatment. And, with an increase ...