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Applying Skills Developed On Parental Leave
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With Catherine Oliver
With Catherine Oliver
Recognising the valuable skills developed during parental leave.
When we return to work following parental leave, a lot of the focus is on what you missed while you were away. Who's joined, who's left, what the new priorities are...you can feel on the back foot and like you're playing catch up. Little attention is given to what you've gained from your time on parental leave.
In this short video, Catherine shares her insights on the skills that new parents typically find they have developed or enhanced while they've been on leave and how these can make a real difference to how you do your job and your value as an employee.
More from Catherine Oliver: Preparing For Parental Leave.
When we return to work following parental leave, a lot of the focus is on what you missed while you were away. Who's joined, who's left, what the new priorities are...you can feel on the back foot and like you're playing catch up. Little attention is given to what you've gained from your time on parental leave.
In this short video, Catherine shares her insights on the skills that new parents typically find they have developed or enhanced while they've been on leave and how these can make a real difference to how you do your job and your value as an employee.
More from Catherine Oliver: Preparing For Parental Leave.
See the Maternity & 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.