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Preparing For Parental Leave
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With Catherine Oliver
With Catherine Oliver
Smart preparation tips to support parental leave and returning to work.
For most of us, when we find out we're soon going to be welcoming a child to our family, a lot of the focus is understandably on preparing for their arrival and thinking about your handover and who might cover your role. The rest is tomorrow's problem!
In this short video, Catherine shares some of the other things to think about, that will not only help you have a smooth parental leave, but also help you when it comes to returning to work.]
More from Catherine Oliver: Applying Skilled Developed On Parental Leave.
For most of us, when we find out we're soon going to be welcoming a child to our family, a lot of the focus is understandably on preparing for their arrival and thinking about your handover and who might cover your role. The rest is tomorrow's problem!
In this short video, Catherine shares some of the other things to think about, that will not only help you have a smooth parental leave, but also help you when it comes to returning to work.]
More from Catherine Oliver: Applying Skilled Developed On Parental Leave.
See the Maternity And Paternity Resource Hub for more support on this topic.
About Catherine Oliver:
Catherine Oliver is a Diversity and Inclusion Advisor who specialises in helping organisations from start-ups to the largest listed companies support working parents and their managers through The Bluebell Partnership. She became a parent herself during her 20-year corporate career and, inspired by the experience, founded Sky’s parenting network. She is also the author of 'Working Parents-to-be: your guide to parental leave and return...what to expect and how to make it work for you' which is designed to help new and soon-to-be parents and their managers navigate parental leave, each step of the way, and create a plan that's personal to them and their family, their employer and where they live in the world.
Catherine Oliver is a Diversity and Inclusion Advisor who specialises in helping organisations from start-ups to the largest listed companies support working parents and their managers through The Bluebell Partnership. She became a parent herself during her 20-year corporate career and, inspired by the experience, founded Sky’s parenting network. She is also the author of 'Working Parents-to-be: your guide to parental leave and return...what to expect and how to make it work for you' which is designed to help new and soon-to-be parents and their managers navigate parental leave, each step of the way, and create a plan that's personal to them and their family, their employer and where they live in the world.