The Covid-19 pandemic has placed a huge strain upon working parents, especially when childcare and schooling is disrupted. The results of WorkLife Central Annual Member Survey 2020 revealed the prima... Read More
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Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, more professionals are working remotely from their homes than ever. Accordingly, there has been an increased use of video conferencing technology, both for work and socia... Read More
Having an interest in helping people to develop in their careers, being generous with their time and generally supportive of others are a few essentials. Another is the ability to listen well, to rea... Read More
Even in ordinary times, many parents struggle to balance work and family commitments. Add working from home and the challenges Covid-19 has brought into the mix and these struggles are amplified, cre... Read More
“Don’t talk to me about diversity now: it’s not even in my top five priorities!”
So said a senior leader to his Director of Diversity and Inclusion. He might think that g... Read More
We all know anger is DESTRUCTIVE and shouting at our children just doesn’t work, so how do we remain calm and carry on?
You know the drill. You make steely vows to yourself that you will d... Read More
In a time when everything is felt so intensely - the grief, the fear, the sadness, the connection - it can be easy to be led by our emotions and our inner monologues. However, being led by our though... Read More
The following is an excerpt from parenting expert Sarah Ockwell-Smith's ‘The Starting School Book: How to choose, prepare for and settle your child at school’ (Piatkus, 2020) .... Read More
Now that working from home is the new norm, we’ve lost the opportunity to build our careers through face-to-face networking, so how can you continue to build your network when working remotely ... Read More
So there’s a lot of fear about. LOTS of fear. Of course we need to keep ourselves safe - wear masks in shop, wash our hands, follow guidelines about returning to school etc. But we don’t ... Read More
Adversity calls for an evolution of leadership. It has a way of revealing, course-correcting and recalibrating what leadership really means. The organisations that will be best equipped to adapt to b... Read More
School is drawing to a close, lockdown is easing, but most of us are still working from home, and the prospect of six weeks trying to entertain teenagers without giving in to a total screen fest, may... Read More
Samuel Johnson, that great 18th century wit, stood by his claim that the happiest part of your life is that which you spend “lying awake in bed in the morning”. At the moment, my tw... Read More
In today's world, there seems to be no distinction between our work-lives and our home-lives. Most of us are contactable at any time and no matter where we are in the world thanks to our ever-pre... Read More