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Managing Working Parents & Carers

As a manager, you have the biggest influence on the experience of parents at work and whether they stay or leave. We know it’s not easy, so, to help you our expert coaches have provided you with some guidance on how to be the manager that ‘gets it’.

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Supporting Boundaried Workers’ Career Growth

How to Ensure Your Boundaried Workers Continue to Develop and Thrive in Their Careers Many Boundaried Workers - those..

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A Guide to Support Your Working Carers in the Workplace

In this explainer document, we implore that employers must start proactively supporting a growing demographic of..

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Shifting the Needle - Supporting Working Carers | Episode 7

Welcome to Episode 7 of Shifting the Needle, our DE&I podcast presented by CEO & Master Executive Coach Geraldine..

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Managing Working Parents: Full Toolkit

We’ve compiled some of our favourite checklists, tools and tips for you into this downloadable toolkit. Take a read..

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Inclusive Leadership - Future Proofing Your Management Style

Highlighted below are several statements that I have heard multiple times from managers when I ask about their..

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Before Leave: Manager Checklist

We’ve worked with 1,000’s of managers of parental leavers over the last 25 years. This easy to digest, timely checklist..

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Communicating with Stakeholders: Exercise

Your employee may be concerned about how to communicate their leave to their stakeholders. You can support them in..

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Return to Work: Manager Checklist

Often managers don’t appreciate that they are one of the most important factors determining whether a parent..

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A Window into the Boundaried Worker

‘Setting boundaries’ often features in advice columns for managing romantic relationships. Delineating what you’re..

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Managing People Who Are Parents

Pedro Martins, Chief Growth Officer at Total Media, talks to Geraldine, founder and CEO of ECC, on managing parents..

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How to Have Sensitive Conversations

Executive Coach, Shalini Sequeira, covers some common conversations you may encounter as a manager. She gives some..

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Traps to Avoid When Managing Working Parents

There is overwhelming evidence to suggest that the approach you take when managing working parents is one of the most..

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Why Work Needs to Value Dads

Why Work Needs to Value Dads Dads, does the family financial burden fall mainly on your shoulders or are you able to..

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Step-Parenting Insights

What all parents can learn from the step parent experience No one really plans to be a step-parent – I certainly..

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How to Spot the Signs When Someone is Struggling

I Know My Team Well, They’ll Tell Me If Anything’s Wrong. In recent years, we’ve made great strides in overcoming some..

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Parental Leaver: Handover Checklist

In the few weeks before leave, your leaver should firm up and start a formal handover plan. If they are working close..

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Close to Return: Manager Checklist

Now your employee is close to returning from parental leave it’s important to take the time to think about what actions..

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Why we need to Rethink Leadership Development of Executive Women

Welcome to Episode 5 of Shifting the Needle, our DE&I podcast presented by CEO & Master Executive Coach Geraldine..

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Why You Need to Invest in Parents

Parenting Has Changed My parents were 25 and 26 when they had the 4 of us. They both worked full time once the big ones..

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During Leave: Manager Checklist

By now your employee is on leave and you will need to wait for cues from them as to when, how and if they want to..

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Tips for Getting it Right When Managing Working Parents

One of the best ways I’ve seen this play out is during a meeting I was having with a global legal firm leader and her..

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The Top 5 Things You Shouldn’t Say to Someone Grieving (and What to Say or Do Instead)

As a human being and leader, you may well have your own experiences of loss and grief and know that as individuals we..

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An Employer View on the Struggle of Working Carers

Of the 1.25 million employees across Europe that care for elderly, sick or disabled relatives, 90% are in their prime..

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Support your Working Parents & Caregivers

In this area, you’ll find out latest research and thought pieces to help you develop robust strategies to support and retrain your working parents and caregivers.

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Click the topic to discover the resources that are relevant to where you may be in the parental transition or as someone caring for others. Alternatively, as a manager, you may be looking for resources to help support your working parents or caregivers.

Thinking Ahead

Parental Transition

Working Life As A Parent

Managing Your Career Whilst Caring For Others

Managing Working Parents