Aligning Family and Work
If you don’t yet know who she is, Jacinda Arden is one of the greatest political leaders of our time. In the aftermath of the Christchurch Attack, as prime minister, she has navigated the community with empathy, love and political grace. She has requested other world political leaders to focus on peace and empathy for their muslim communities, as she leads the way on how to do this in New Zealand.
A Busy Parent’s Guide to Raising Awesome Kids
As time-poor parents pursuing full careers and creating amazing childhoods for our children, we have our work cut out.
Why Are Parents Forgetting to Invest Time in the Most Important Leadership Role of their Lives? By Jenny Vanderhoek
Throughout my last 10 plus years in corporate, I attended minimum of 2 leadership courses or conferences a year. I always came back feeling refreshed from the learnings and ready to kick off the next project with some of the newfound skills that I had learned.
Sharing the Mental Load
The concept of mental load was popularised recently by french comic, Emma.
Work-Life Balance for Dads
The conversation for women managing life and work is still more prevalent than men in today’s society but men’s concerns about their lack of balance are increasing.
Work-life Blend… Not Balance
The conversation around work-life balance needs to change from balancing to blending if we are going to sustainably increase the quality of our daily lives.
Time is Precious…
Today I learnt about a friend who lost her daughter in a tragic accident. Recently, it was a family friend who suddenly lost her life at the age of 34. Both of these events were in quick succession to losing my cousin who was 36, in the months prior.
Your Family Vision
A strong vision of success is essential to great leadership as a parent. Without a vision, you may have great ideas of how you want your child to be, however without the focus and the discipline on what matters you can get lost in a myriad of things you do each day and lose sight of the bigger picture. Without a vision, daily tasks can feel hollow and operational, rather than practical and meaningful.
How to Overcome Mental Fatigue from Conflicting Priorities
There’s no doubt as working parents we are overwhelmed with the number of priorities we are keeping front of mind.
Build Your Child’s Motivation
What happens when your goals for your child and their goals for themselves differ?
Being Versus Doing
On a video interview this week, I was interviewed by friend and colleague, the lovely Kylie Ryan. Kylie founded My Mind Coach and is one of Australia’s leading coaches in weight loss, health and wellness. Kylie came to me as a client recently after finding herself yelling at her child. This was Kylie before and after the session.
Every Child is A Genius
Yesterday was the end of year assembly at my boys’ school. It’s the one where awards are given out and the school captains are chosen. There is excitement and I can imagine for many children, there is disappointment as they watch others receive medals and it’s never them on stage.
Choosing Wisely
When I was a young adult and even going into my thirties, I found myself hanging out with the “in” crowd. They were “in” because I didn’t really know myself, so I hung out with people by default. Don’t get me wrong, everyone I hung out with I connected with on some level. What I started to realise though, was I didn’t like who I was becoming and it drained my energy.
Slow and Steady Wins the Race
The myth and legend says that slow and steady wins the race, yet in recent years the world around us has been speeding up. Faster cars, faster trains, faster planes, faster internet, faster food, faster learning and the list goes on.
Leading in the Cracks
Leading a team or leading a child is never just a sit down for an hour a week affair. More often than not it is leading in each interaction, in each situation and in each moment. Sometimes as little as 1-2 minutes at a time. The cumulative effect of these minutes is what I refer to as building a relationship in the time in-between or leading in the cracks..
Imbalance of Roles
Census data shows Australian women spend, on average, 5 to 14 hours per week in unpaid domestic work, whereas men spend less than 5 hours a week. Women also spend an additional hour a day looking after children.
Decision Fatigue
What’s for dinner tonight? Can I go to my friend’s house on Friday? What do I need to get from the grocery store? Who will take the kids to the activity on Wednesday evening when I’m working late? Do I want toast for breakfast?