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E-grāmata: Workparent: The Complete Guide to Succeeding on the Job, Staying True to Yourself, and Raising Happy Kids

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  • Formāts: 576 pages
  • Izdošanas datums: 25-May-2021
  • Izdevniecība: Harvard Business Review Press
  • Valoda: eng
  • ISBN-13: 9781633698406
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  • Izdošanas datums: 25-May-2021
  • Izdevniecība: Harvard Business Review Press
  • Valoda: eng
  • ISBN-13: 9781633698406

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"An all-in-one resource for every working mother and father Sure, there are plenty of parenting books out there. But as working moms and dads, we've never had a trusted, go-to guide all our own-one that coaches us on how to do well at work, be the lovingand engaged parents we want to be, and remain true to ourselves in the process. Enter Workparent. Whether you're planning a family, pushing for promotion during your kids' teenage years, or at any phase in between, Workparent provides all the advice and assurance you'll need to combine children and career in your own, authentic way. Whatever your field or family structure, you'll learn how to: Find a childcare arrangement you fully trust Build a strong support team, at home and on the job Advocate for advancement-and flexibility Step up at work while keeping your family healthy and whole Tame guilt, self-doubt, worry, and other difficult emotions Navigate big transitions: the return from leave, a promotion or job change, or the arrival of a second child Manage day-to-day pressures, like scheduling, mealtimes, homework-and more Find-and really use-time off Feel more capable, calm, and in-control Written by Daisy Dowling, a top executive coach, talent expert, and working mom, Workparent is big and browsable, yet feels like a good talk with your favorite mentor. Finally, the handbook you need to thrive as a working parent"--

Dowling, an executive coach who helps working parents lead more successful and satisfying lives, offers a guide for working parents to combining a career and raising children. She draws on the advice of parents she has worked with, her experience in career development and as a parent, and information on how managers and organizations approach people management and people decisions, to show parents how to be successful in both work and parenting. She explains how to navigate the demands of career and parenthood from pregnancy to the teenage years; how to maximize the resources of support networks, time, and money; how to take care of their families and themselves while they work, with advice on food and mealtimes, health, energy, and emotions; and additional tips and tools related to two-career couples, sole earners, single parents, and LGBTQ parents. Annotation ©2021 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)

An all-in-one resource for every working mother and father.

Sure, there are plenty of parenting books out there. But as working moms and dads, we've never had a trusted, go-to guide all our own&one that coaches us on how to do well at work, be the loving and engaged parents we want to be, and remain true to ourselves in the process.

Enter Workparent. Whether you're planning a family, pushing for promotion during your kids' teenage years, or at any phase in between, Workparent provides all the advice and assurance you'll need to combine children and career in your own, authentic way. Whatever your field or family structure, you'll learn how to:

  • Find a childcare arrangement you fully trust
  • Build a strong support team, at home and on the job
  • Advocate for advancement&and flexibility
  • Step up at work while keeping your family healthy and whole
  • Tame guilt, self-doubt, worry, and other difficult emotions
  • Navigate big transitions: the return from leave, a promotion or job change, or the arrival of a second child
  • Manage day-to-day pressures, like scheduling, mealtimes, homework, and more
  • Find&and really use&time off
  • Feel more capable, calm, and in control

Written by Daisy Dowling, a top executive coach, talent expert, and working mom, Workparent answers all of your questions and feels like a good talk with your favorite mentor. Finally, the handbook you need to thrive as a working parent.

A Note on Language xv
Introduction: You Can Do This 1(14)
PART ONE Workparenting, Phase by Phase
1 While You're Expecting
15(24)
The five key truths
Understanding your Workparent Template
Announcing the news
When others aren't expecting it
How to handle questions and detractors
What to begin planning for and what can wait
2 Care
39(36)
When to start looking
What kind of care?
Finding, assessing, choosing, and hiring a care provider
What you may be thinking and feeling
The first few days and weeks
Communicating with your caregiver(s)
If you need to make a change
Emergency and backup care
Trusted caregivers, happy child
3 Parental Leave and the Return to Work
75(26)
Planning your leave
Leave length: what if...?
Creating an effective transition and coverage plan
Staying in touch while you're out
How to use leave when you're not the primary caregiver
How to feel in charge of your career while away
Ways to make the return to work easier
Owning your narrative
The one-month check-in
Celebrating new achievements
4 The First Year
101(20)
Establishing a Point of Control
Learning to make effective transitions to and from work
Staying and feeling connected while on the job
Creating a new daily schedule that works--for You
Navigating the important Year One milestones
Remaining visible
Taking charge of your performance review
Setbacks--and how to overcome them
5 From Baby to Toddler to Little Kid
121(16)
Making the most of care transitions
Bonding with your child through activity
Harnessing the power of repetition and ritual
Explaining work to very small children
Confronting the screen-time dilemma
Still owning--and updating--your story
Considering changes at work
Staying on the right path--for
6 Expanding Your Family--If, When, and How
137(20)
Considering the pros and cons
When you still can't decide
What to know and do when moving from one child to two-- or more
Large-family strategies useful for all working parents
7 School
157(24)
Why the start of school is hard, and how to make it easier
Educating them at home--and every day
Developing a strong relationship with your child's teacher(s)
Homework
After-school activities
Talking with your manager and colleagues about school commitments
Volunteering
How to be present--and what to do when you can't
Safety
Handling school-related emergencies
When school's out--but work isn't
The working-parent-friendly school
8 The Almost-Teen and Teenage Years
181(16)
Making the relationship positive
How to keep them safe when you're not around to play police officer
Staying connected when busy on the job
Getting them ready for adulthood--without dropping the ball on your career
Handling the logistics of next steps
Making workparenting your teen easier
PART TWO Resources--and Smart Ways to Use Them
9 If "It Takes a Village," Then You're the Mayor
197(18)
Are you a Do-It-Myselfer?
The 8-C method for assessing and expanding your Village
Third Parents
Communicating with the Village
Adapting your support network over time
10 Time
215(20)
Sorting out what's really important
The Calendar Audit
Containment: what, when, and how
Time and busyness as part of your professional brand
Your working-parent calendar
The real meaning of "balance"
11 Money
235(26)
The three financial phases of working parenthood
Where do you stand?
Your workparent budget
Common workparent money dilemmas, and how to think through them
Making money matters logistically easier
Real parents, real returns
PART THREE Success--on Your Own Terms
12 Getting Ahead
261(18)
Do you really want to?
Is now the right time?
Advocating for it
Dealing with skeptics and naysayers
How to take on more
What if it all goes wrong?
When you're happy where you are
13 Transitions
279(22)
Is this particular transition worth it?
I WAP: Interviewing While a Parent
How to tell if an employer is working-parent friendly
Explaining it to the kids
How you might be feeling as you make the switch
Always a working parent
14 When You're the Boss
301(14)
No perfect time to start
Your business model matters
Systems and infrastructure are essential
Keeping an eye on costs
Growth
Benefits
Flexibility
Setting boundaries
Time off
Entrepreneurship and parenting will feel similar
It takes a Village
Creating a new template
Now, back to you: questions to ask yourself as an entrepreneurial workparent
15 Flexibility
315(26)
Possible arrangements, what they offer--and what to be cautious about
What's going to work for you?
Advocating for it
Making it work, day-to-day
Sending the right career signals
Taking stock
Becoming a builder
16 Away
341(18)
Your workparent Away Planner
Creating counterweights
Saying goodbye
Specific and powerful ways to stay, and feel, in touch
Making your homecoming calmer and more satisfying
Showing up and being there
17 Time Off
359(24)
Scaling it up
Microcheating
Power outages
Sabbaths
The intentional weekend
Vacation: how, when, and where
Sabbaticals
Career breaks
Your time-off action plan
PART FOUR Staying Well and Whole
18 Food and Mealtimes
383(18)
Setting your House Rules
Fail-safe ways to make the logistics easier
Feeding very small children
Breakfasts
Emergency meals
Takeout, eating out, and fast food
How to make Family Meals happen
While at the table
Food as part of your family's template
19 Health--Yours and Theirs
401(20)
At home
At the doctor's office
With your caregiver(s)
At school
At work
Putting it all together
20 Energy
421(14)
Getting more sleep
Exercise and movement
Rituals and activities that relax and recharge you
Creating your energy action plan
Learning to work well when your battery is low
More you
21 Feelings
435(20)
Where the difficult feelings come from
Ten specific strategies that work
And strategies that don't
Giving yourself what you need and deserve
PART FIVE Your Family, Your Way
22 The Two-Career Couple
455(16)
Why?
The template talk
Structured Check-In
On Call
Joint Activity
Tell Me More
Public Admiration
23 Sole or Almost-Sole Earner
471(8)
Thirteen Key Questions that will help you make it work
24 Single Workparenting
479(12)
When your colleagues don't get it
Managing professional impressions
Making workparent decisions solo
Self-care
Giving your child what they need
Adapting your Village
Confidence for the long term
25 Proud Workparents
491(18)
Templating, role models, and mentors
The path to parenthood
Benefits and leave
Boundaryless questions
LGBTQIA+Triendly care
Finding community
The need to divide and conquer
Owning your narrative
Creating allies
Paving the road ahead
Conclusion: A New Template, All Our Own
505(4)
Appendix: The Workparent Leader
509(12)
Sensible advice for
Becoming a more workparent-friendly organization
Setting up a working-parents network in your community or organization
Managing workparents, day-to-day
Research Note: Learning from Working Parents 521(4)
Index 525(18)
Acknowledgments 543(4)
About the Author 547
Daisy Dowling is the founder and CEO of Workparent, an executive coaching, and training firm dedicated to helping working parents lead more successful and satisfying lives. She is the author of Workparent: The Complete Guide to Succeeding on the Job, Staying True to Yourself, and Raising Happy Kids (HBR Press, 2021). Dowling is a full-time working parent to two young children.

You can find Daisy Dowling at workparent.com.