What happens when the transition to work after parental leave doesn’t go as planned? Step into the world of working parents with your host Jennifer McCanna as she chats to Charlotte Speak, the dynamic force behind Power of the Parent. Charlotte shares her story and the challenges she faced returning to work, which has insight for all of us to empower parents and organisations to thrive together. This episode holds wisdom for parents, leaders, and anyone striving for meaningful work-life balance. Join us to discover how redefining success and supporting parents can transform workspaces for everyone.

Here are the Highlights:

• Introduction
• Facing biases and challenges as a mother in the workplace
• Charlotte's career change into coaching
• How our language around emotions has evolved for the better
• What Charlotte wished she knew before returning to work
• Work-life balance and the frustrating 50/50 myth
• Helping organisations integrate impactful parental policies that meet parents’ lived reality.

Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) tap to support you

Jen says ‘This is a short tap to build your confidence in your version of success. If, like Charlotte, you have had a challenging return to work, and you have some anger or frustration about that, however long ago that was, you might find the tap in the show notes of ‘The difficult boss survival guide’ helpful.

Watch our Emotional Freedom Technique Video

A note from Jennifer and McCanna Coaching Ltd: I invite you to tap along to the videos alongside these episodes whilst taking full responsibility for your health and wellbeing. EFT is a fantastic self help tool with ever growing credibility due to positive results from scientific studies. It is not a substitution for seeking professional advice. If you are concerned about your physical or mental health please consult a qualified medical professional. If you would prefer to explore EFT with a qualified practitioner, get in touch and I’ll share some options.

Meet your host Jennifer McCanna:

Jennifer McCanna has been coaching leaders in organisations around the world since 2011. From the UN Refugee Agency to HSBC, government departments to national and local charities, she specialises in supporting clients to work through the often messy, emotional challenges of leadership so they feel calm, energised and able to have a real impact in the world.

If you’ve experienced a challenging relationship, restructure or other difficult period in your working life, and as a result your self-belief has taken a hit, Jennifer’s blend of pure coaching, emotional freedom technique and Resilience Dynamic® approaches will help you process the emotional fallout, as well as equipping you with tools to stay energised and effective as a leader.

When she’s not recording podcasts she’s busy working with leaders 1-1, or as part of their leadership team, and designing and delivering leadership development programmes for leaders at all levels.

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About Charlotte Speak:

Meet Charlotte Speak, mum of two, change maker and coach for parents in the workplace, and avid theme park explorer.

Charlotte set up Power of the Parent® in 2018 after her own dodgy experiences of becoming a parent in the workplace (several chapters for the book she keeps thinking she’ll get round to writing one day!). Those experiences changed her for life and left her feeling hell bent on changing the world of work for parents and carers.

Charlotte believes that we don’t stop developing if we have a family, it’s not ‘special’ treatment to support parents in the workplace and line managers can play such a pivotal role for their teams, they deserve some help too.

You’ll now find her leading a small but wonderful team (all with their own exquisite specialisms and experiences) to collaborate with businesses who want to attract, retain and develop their utterly brilliant team members who happen to be parents and carers.

From crafting beautifully transformative strategies through to practical workshops, thoughtfully challenging unhelpful narratives and creating space for celebrating the good stuff – Power of the Parent® is the team to bring supportive, flexible and value adding action.

Because who doesn’t want a workplace where people and business can thrive?

Connect with Charlotte:

Website: www.power-of-the-parent.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/charlotte-speak-0a143228/ and https://www.linkedin.com/company/power-of-the-parent-ltd/

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