‘Choose to Challenge YOUR Comfort Zone’ in a free webinar for HR
In line with next week’s International Women’s Day theme of #ChoosetoChallenge, we want to reflect on what this means for each of us as individuals. ...
Impending surge for longer-term flexibility – do you and your managers have the skills to cope?
The Myth: Enabling employees to work from home during the pandemic has been essential to the survival of our economy. However, those organisations who believe ...
How just one coaching session from HR can provide a vital lifeline to working parents…
Working parents and carers are once again in one of the hardest-hit groups of employees as they struggle to balance their work commitments with their ...
Five ways to prevent parental overwhelm
Bear these five tips in mind if you don’t want your working parents to become overwhelmed by having to homeschool once more. Although we’ve already ...
Why returning to work after maternity leave is still a bitter-sweet experience
HR Review’s article on the TENA research out earlier this month shows us that returning to work is just as much of an emotional rollercoaster ...
Visibility in the virtual world: why we need to prevent our employees becoming invisible
It is becoming all too easy in the current working environment to ‘opt out’. Consider the number of virtual meetings, webinars and training or online ...
Women and parents in financial services: the challenges and how to overcome them
Our webinar for HR in financial services aimed to highlight some of the key challenges to working parents and to discuss some ways we have ...
Three ways to encourage dads to remain more involved parents
With this year’s International Men’s Day, 19 November, due to celebrate the positive value men can bring to their families, communities and organisations, here are three ...
Supporting your single parents at work
Single parents continue to be one of the groups of employees hit the hardest by the current situation. However even prior to Covid-19 almost half ...
Do you need a parent retention strategy?
With record numbers of women leaving or being driven out of the workforce, employers are turning to parent retention strategies. Duolingo, the language learning app, ...
Work Life Balance Week 2020 – like no other!
This year’s Working Families National Work Life week is taking place on 12-16 October and it’s no surprise that this year’s webinars on offer are ...
Coaching supports mental health during times of change
‘Coaching has great potential in the world of mental health.’ The Psychologist Supporting employees to manage change, isolation and anxiety has never been more important ...
Will dads continue to engage with flexible working post-Covid 19? Part two
This week’s blog is written by Ian Dinwiddy, Founder and Director of Inspiring Dads. Part 1 can be found here. What gets in the way ...
Will dads continue to engage with flexible working post-Covid 19? Part one
This week’s blog is written by Ian Dinwiddy, Founder and Director of Inspiring Dads. Why does “business” need dads to continue to be engaged in ...
One idea to boost your managers’ leadership skills
Annette said she was starting to feel nervous as we drew to the end of the first hour of her coaching session – her manager ...