by Sharon Charlton-Thomson | Nov 16, 2020 | Watching
You may be familiar with the best selling Chimp Paradox by – get a top up in 13 minutes by watching Dr Steve Peters explain the theory of the Chimp paradox that some of us know as the Inner...
by Sharon Charlton-Thomson | Nov 12, 2020 | Thoughts
Around the globe leaders have spent the past few months facing one of the toughest leadership tests. If ever the phrase VUCA (the acronym for volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous nature of todays world) felt appropriate to use it is now. With so many unknowns...
by Sharon Charlton-Thomson | Nov 10, 2020 | Reading
We love this book. It dispels the popular leadership notion that there is one authentic self, it speaks to the VUCA world leaders have to navigate now and it champions the idea of ACTION over INTROSPECTION. The best leadership book that we come back to again and again...
by Kerri Summers | Nov 6, 2020 | Thoughts
We know that managers are integral in making things work for working parents. Working parents tell us that the line manager is the single most important external factor that can make or break them. We asked our working parents to share what a good manager during a...
by Sharon Charlton-Thomson | Oct 29, 2020 | Thoughts
We have been exclusively coaching working parents in the UK since 1998. And still there is confusion about what a working parent coach does, and how and whether it is different to a run of the mill executive coach. I get it…. I have heard this confusion many times. Do...
by Sharon Charlton-Thomson | Oct 27, 2020 | Reading
The compelling science of journalling is now well known. It is the most effective tool at raising the self awareness critical for leadership and working parenthood. But where do you start? 49 Ways to Write Yourself Well by Jackee Holder is a brilliant way to begin....
by Kerri Summers | Oct 27, 2020 | Thoughts
When the Gender Pay Gap Reports are submitted on the 4th April next year it is predicted that we will see companies backsliding. This is backed up by an abundance of reports* showing that women are significantly more likely to be furloughed, lose their jobs or leave...
by Sharon Charlton-Thomson | Oct 15, 2020 | Thoughts
Its national adoption week this week. Being an adoptive parent is something I am immensely grateful for. I have two adopted children, the eldest adopted at 13 months old now almost 16 (WOW, where did that go), a talented dancer, a gifted mathematician and a natural...
by Kerri Summers | Oct 12, 2020 | Thoughts
In our executive coaching work with working parents we have noticed different groups emerging, defined by their response to the crisis. The group that is most concerning as we continue to work from home for the foreseeable future, we have dubbed the Hiders....
by Kerri Summers | Oct 7, 2020 | Listening
“Burnout undermines success, it doesn’t make it more likely. You can’t be productive if you are running on empty” says Arianna Huffington on the Breaking the Burnout Cycle podcast produced by the Lean In team. Our founder Kerri Summers shared...
