24 Words of Wisdom for Working Parents
9) Take time to sharpen the saw.
Suppose you were to come upon someone in the woods working feverishly to sore down a tree. “What are you doing?” you ask. “Can't you see?” comes the impatient reply. “I'm sawing down this tree” “You...
8) We get dumber when we get defensive.
The behaviour of others – children, peers, bosses - can trigger us to enter a defensive mode projecting righteous indignation or poor me victimhood. It also makes us less able to respond in a smart...
7) 23 minutes and 15 seconds.
The time it takes to get back on task after an interruption or switch of thinking to something else. Neurological science has demonstrated that the human brain is incapable of focusing on two things...
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Why we coach the way we do
"It is no measure of health to be adjusted to a profoundly sick society."~ J D Krishnamurti, Philiosopher ~ If you prefer to listen to this blog, click below for the audio. Or, just read on...When...
A new story for working families
Working in the field of Working families for 25 years means we have watched many initiatives come and go, many efforts of businesses to ‘get it right’, to retain female talent, secure pipelines,...
How to bust bias
We have all been in meetings where biases are present. We have all, I am sure, experienced the uncomfortable feelings that it stirs in us and for many of us have played the ‘could have, would have,...
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Not Doing: The Art of Turning Struggle into Ease
So we’ve reached September, often a time of transition for many working parents settling children back into routines after the summer and starting back at nurseries and schools, not to mention our...
The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse
It’s time to put down all of those self help books you’ve ever bought and pick up the one that tells you all you need to know about living your best life. It’s a five minute read you will want to...
Mothers of Ambition
I can remember when I first read this and was struck by the data on the change in family economic structures. This intelligence briefing explores the conversation around working mothers which has...
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