Top 5 things to ask yourself before returning from parental leave
Coming back to work after experiencing life at home as a parent is undoubtedly one of the most difficult challenges you will face. However, most ...
Working flexibly to cope with summer heat.
If the weeks of hot weather, bad office air-conditioning, stifling buses, tubes and trains aren’t enough to motivate you to discuss flexible working – what ...
Practicing Patience
Patience is one of those unexpected tests for parents. We don’t realise it until we catch ourselves being that overly naggy or angry grown up ...
Switching off from work when on holiday
Brits on average lose two days of their holiday due to the stress of having to check work-related calls, texts and emails, according to research ...
Inspired and Energised… by Women in Tech
Women hold only 11% of executive positions at Silicon Valley companies and 25% of computing jobs. Knowing this, it was inspiring to attend the Women ...
Book your Work/Life Balance Week Workshop 1-5 October now!
It’s that time of the year again when we start to plan our workshops for work/life balance week. This year it’s 1-5 October so now ...
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 ...