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If you are a new parent then use these resources & insights to help your transition from before you leave, during and on return from leave.
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Why I Took Four Months of Paternity Leave – And Why Every Dad Should Have the Same Opportunity
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Why I Took Four Months of Paternity Leave
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Working Parent Challenges
Director and Parental Transition Coach, Helen Ilsley, shares insights about balancing careers with parental responsibilities for working parents. It’s crucial for managers to..
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Flexible Working Article
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Flexible Working: What it Could Look Like and How to Ask for It
Only a few decades ago, having a career while balancing personal commitments was an enormous challenge. The options were limited: secure a part-time position and find a way to..
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Managing Energy Over Time
Often within a few months of new parents returning to work, the commonly asked question throughout coaching is “How can I manage the demands of work as well as all that’s involved..
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How to Share The News That You’re Taking Shared Parental Leave
In this video, new father Robert Simmons, a lawyer from Allen & Overy LLP, answers questions about how he communicated his decision to take Shared Parental Leave. He also gives..
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Real Stories: Becoming a first-time parent to twins
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Real Stories: Becoming a first-time parent to twins
Welcome to our series of ‘Real Stories’ where we provide a snapshot into the personal lives of working parents in the hope that their experiences can help others who are..
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Managing a less elastic day infographic - ECC
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Managing a Less Elastic Day: Infographic
Before you started your family you may have found yourself working long days, allowing them to be ‘elastic’ stretching into the evening at times, and that this wasn’t too much of..
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Laying the path for your return - ECC
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Laying The Path For Your Return Before You Leave
Your maternity leave is suddenly coming up fast, and you’ll soon be teetering on the edge of a very different chapter to your life. You’re working hard to tie up everything at..
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The First 90 Days: Checklist
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The First 90 Days: Checklist
Congratulations! You have made it back to work. For some of you it will feel like you have never been away, and for others there may be a period of adjustment. You may be back in..
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Planning Your Return: Checklist
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Planning Your Return: Checklist
Work is just around the corner and you, like many new parents, might be looking back in surprise at how quickly your parental leave has passed! If you haven’t already, then now is..
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Re-Engaging Your Network
Emma Spitz, Executive Coach and Director at ECC, shares her advice on how to proactively reconnect with colleagues after leave from work. She also shares tips on how to identify..
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Real Stories: Sharing Parental Leave from a Dad’s Perspective - Steve in Investment Banking
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Real Stories: Sharing Parental Leave from a Dad’s Perspective - Steve in Investment Banking
Welcome to our series of ‘Real Stories’ where we’re fortunate to have a snapshot into the personal lives of working parents in the hope that their experiences can help others who..
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Developing a New Network: Exercise
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Developing a New Network: Exercise
Typically, your network will have evolved in the professional and personal spheres over the last few years and whilst on leave you will likely develop new contacts through your..
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Real Stories: Sharing Parental Leave From a Dad’s Perspective - Sam from Thinkbox
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Real Stories: Sharing Parental Leave From a Dad’s Perspective - Sam from Thinkbox
Welcome to our series of ‘Real Stories’ where we’re fortunate to have a snapshot into the personal lives of working parents in the hope that their experiences can help others who..
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The Journey to Receiving my Twins by Egg Donation
Becoming a parent is often not the simple and straightforward process that many individuals hope and expect it to be. The more complicated or difficult journeys can be the ones..
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Revalidating Your Career Upon Return
Robert Simmons, a lawyer at Allen & Overy LLP, talks about the challenges of transitioning back to work after parental leave. He explains what helped him find a balance between..
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Parental Transition Handover Checklist
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Handover: Checklist
In the few weeks before leave, you should firm up and start a formal handover plan. If you are working close to the due date of your baby, aim to complete your handover early in..
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Can fathers have it all article
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Can Fathers Have It All?
I am amazed at how quickly ‘amusing’ memes emerge online when something significant happens. As soon as the first lockdown was announced during the COVID crisis in 2020, a 10..
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Real Stories: Sharing Parental Leave From a Dad's Perspective - Sietse from Edrington
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Real Stories: Sharing Parental Leave From a Dad's Perspective - Sietse from Edrington
Welcome to our series of ‘Real Stories’ where we’re fortunate to have a snapshot into the personal lives of working parents in the hope that their experiences can help others who..
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Building Your Confidence
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Real Stories: Sharing Parental Leave From a Dad's Perspective - Max from Total Media
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Real Stories: Sharing Parental Leave From a Dad's Perspective - Max from Total Media
Welcome to our series of ‘Real Stories’ where we’re fortunate to have a snapshot into the personal lives of working parents in the hope that their experiences can help others who..
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Tips for Getting Childcare Right 
Becoming a parent for the first time is a rollercoaster of changes, and you may be surprised to hear that figuring out the problem of childcare and subsequently handing over your..
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Managing Change: A Psychological Insight for New Parents article
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Managing Change: A Psychological Insight for New Parents
We all know any life is a life of change! Transitions are a constant feature – welcome or otherwise – of our relationships, circumstances, home lives and work environment...
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The Parental Transition: Full Toolkit
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The Parental Transition: Full Toolkit
We’ve compiled some of our favourite checklists, tools and tips for you into this downloadable toolkit. Take a read through and note down the actions you’d like to take as a..
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How to avoid being mummy tracked - ECC
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How to Avoid Being Mummy Tracked
I know it’s a terrible expression, but I do think it does sum up a phenomenon that many women experience at work when they announce they are pregnant.
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Keeping Your Career on Track - a Model for Career success
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Practising Your Confidence
Karen Falcocchio, Executive Coach, gives hints and tips on how to build your confidence. These include how to recognise your strengths, how to appear more confident, and why..
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