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The Working Parent PodcastEp16: Working Part-Time in a Senior Role with Lee ClementsToday we are talking to Lee Clements who is Head of Sustainable Investment Solutions at FTSE Russell, a part of London Stock Exchange Group. Three years ago Lee reduced his working week to 3 ½ days to have the time to provide help for his daughter, who is severely disabled, and to support his own mental health.In this episode we talk to Lee about his path to a part time role, the challenges associated with it such as work creep and scheduling stress, and the benefits for him and the business. Lee encourages honest and a...
2021-08-2145 min
The Working Parent PodcastEp15: Working Part-Time in a Senior Role with Sara TateCindy Gallup
https://www.linkedin.com/in/cindygallop/
Timewise Power Awards
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WACL
Resources and research on flexible working https://wacl.info/flexible-first-campaign/why-flexiblefirst/
Sara Tate
LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/saraktate/
Twitter https://twitter.com/saraktate
Sara’s Rebuilders Podcast focussed on helping people rebuild after challenges:
Podcast the-rebuilders.simplecast.com
Twitter https://twitter.com/RebuildersThe
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2021-07-2135 min
TellyCast: The content industry podcastEpisode 53 - Broadcaster Gabriel Clarke, Digital TV Europe's Stuart Thomson & Freesat's Alastair ThomSign up to the free TellyCast+ newsletter http://eepurl.com/hkehBjGabriel Clarke, TV broadcaster, journalist and documentary director at Noah Media Group joins Boom! PR's Justin Crosby to discuss his latest film 'Finding Jack Charlton'. Plus Alastair Thom CEO of Freesat and Stuart Thomson, editor of Digital TV Europe on the future for satellite TV in the age of OTT.Finding Jack Charlton https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000tq7h/finding-jack-charlton Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2w...
2021-04-0856 min
The Working Parent PodcastEp14: Journalling with renowned coach and author Jackee HolderJackee Holder is the author of five non-fiction titles:
Soul Purpose: Self-Affirming Rituals, Meditations and Creative Exercises to Revive Your Spirit - 1999
Be Your Own Best Life Coach: Take charge and live the life you always wanted - 2008
49 Ways to Write Yourself Well: The Science and Wisdom of Writing and Journaling - 2013
Writing with Fabulous Trees: A Writing Map for Parks, Gardens, and Other Green Spaces - 2016
The Write Prescription: Paper and Pen Cures & Remedies for Mind, Body & Spirit - 2021
With "Writing with Fabulous Trees", she brings together the restorative benefits of nature, eco-psychology, eco-geography...
2021-01-2945 min
The Working Parent PodcastEp13: Lessons from Maternity Leave and Beyond with Ruth and Stu AshbyRuth Ashby is a Global Talent Partner at Vodafone. She is an Occupational Psychologist who has held senior roles in Media, Consultancy and Financial Services. Stuart served for seven years as a Royal Marine Commando before establishing Fieldworks Gym in Hackney. Stu and Ruth met whilst at university in Manchester, they now live in Hackney with their two girls, aged 6 and 3.
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2021-01-2034 min
The Working Parent PodcastEp12: Being a Great Dad with David WillansThe BeingDads website where you can access past editions of David’s blog and also sign up for a weekly email drop is here:
https://www.beingdads.com/
David and Kerri discussed the amount of time it takes to get back into a task that requires focus when we are interrupted or switch tasks. Here is a link to the seminal study https://www.ics.uci.edu/~gmark/chi08-mark.pdf and this is an interview with one of the authors of the study https://www.fastcompany.com/944128/worker-interrupted-cost-task-switching. The answer is 23 minutes and 15 seconds al...
2020-11-1900 min
The Working Parent PodcastEP11: How does a Positive Psychologist parent?And how much time are you providing, arranging, relating or teaching as a parent?
In this episode, we speak to the wonderful Jen Rolfe about the highs and lows of her own parenting journey. What are the stand out moments – the highs and the lows, and what has really helped. Often as practitioners in this field, there is the myth that we can do it perfectly – Jen’s talk in a humble, entertaining and very real peek into her world where parenting and positive psychology collide. For more information on Julie Morgenstern's work that Jen mentions visit https://www.juliemorgenstern.com/ti...
2020-10-1500 min
The Working Parent PodcastEp10: Getting In Touch With Your Inner TortoiseLink to Carl's TED Talk In Praise of Slowness
Links to the studies in which Carl mentions the benefits of slow in the workplace. Read these and then discuss it at work:
https://hbr.org/2010/05/need-speed-slow-down
https://hbr.org/2020/03/slow-down-to-make-better-decisions-in-a-crisis
https://www.economist.com/briefing/2015/12/05/the-creed-of-speed
Here is a link to the trailer for Frantic Family Rescue which Carl filmed in Australia. It might make you cringe but also we might all recognise a little of ourselves in this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7dxXzfy0...
2020-10-0130 min
The Working Parent PodcastEp9: The Benefits of Being BoredIn this delightful podcast Dr Aric Sigman explains why boredom needs an image makeover. Boredom is a constructive part of the childhood experience, vital for our children’s mental health, creativity and future success. All too often we feel obliged to ‘cure’ our children’s boredom or make every second count in the weekly schedule, but we need to make space for boredom and help our children develop the ability to withstand a lack of novelty and stimulation. What they mustn’t learn, Aric says, is the solution to boredom comes outs...
2020-09-0547 min
The Working Parent PodcastEp8: Exploring the true value of our strengths with strengths guru Sally BibbIn this episode we look at the powerful, portable and purposeful resource that we all have available in our own pockets - our strengths. I explore the true value of our strengths with strengths guru Sally Bibb. Sally is director of engaging minds, a strengths consultancy, an award winning author and keynote speaker. She is also a dear friend - we met through a shared delight of David Whyte’s poetry and She remains an inspirational person in my life.
I thoroughly recommend Sally’s two books on strengths - The Strengths Book and The Strengths Workbook as practical reflective guides...
2020-08-0441 minThe Working Parent PodcastEp7: The Office - going back is just the beginning (Plus how not to drop the stone!)There is so much to consider about us returning to our offices.
How, when, if, where and why! One things for sure this will be a transition not an event and our lockdown experiences and stories will be such a huge part of transitioning back.
Dr Harriett Shortt is a Associate Professor, author, consultant, speaker and working mother.
She is fascinating. Listen in as she shares with us some of her thinking around this transition and how I try to describe dropping the stone metaphor on audio (not my finest moment!) we hope you enjoy!
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2020-07-0752 minThe Working Parent PodcastEp6: Understanding Sleep as a resource and what can be done to aid RestDr. Katharina Lederle
Consultant human sleep and fatigue specialist.
If you are struggling with sleep during lockdown then this podcast with our very own Dr Kat is a must. Dr Kat uses evidence-based insight and provides practical knowledge about sleep science, sleep therapy and sleep-related matters to help us all sleep well and feel good.
Sleep is such an important resource, we all know how it feels to not have good sleep. Dr Kat even shares a pre bedtime exercise with us to help the nervous system settle and prepare for sleep.
Dr Kat is one of our most sought a...
2020-06-1838 min
The Working Parent PodcastEp5: How can kids stay connected during lockdown safely?Paul Thomson from Tech4Parents lifts the lid on what we can all do to keep our digitally-native children safe online and help them to build the digital resilience they need to survive our social media-saturated world. Paul expands on his 3 Pillars (Privacy & Security, Physicality, Digital Resilience) that he believes all parents should take responsibility for with practical advice and tips, even if you're starting from scratch. For more detailed information you can check out the Tech4Parents website http://tech4parents.co.uk and contact us to enquire about booking a webinar http://theworkingparentcompany.co.uk
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2020-06-0725 min
The Working Parent PodcastEp4: Home Schooling - An interview with Ed RichardsonHomeschooling! Loving, struggling or somewhere in between - what seems certain to us is that as working parents, whilst we are all in the same storm we might be in very different boats.
According to our time, competencies, our schools and a whole host of other factors that will be unique to each family. This week join me speaking to Ed Richardson, on of our speakers and head of development at KeyStone tutors.
Ed tells us what’s really important when it comes to learning, helps us understand the learning loss and how little and of...
2020-05-2637 min
The Parent Practice PodcastSharon Charlton-Thomson - Radical Self care for the real world we live inThose of us working in the coaching space right now know that many parents are feeling overwhelmed, stressed and depleted as our expectations of ourselves are through the roof. We’re supervising learning at home and many of us are working from home too; we’re getting the kids off electronic devices and coaxing them to take some exercise; we’re sorting out sibling squabbles and getting them to make their beds and put their clothes in the laundry basket, while also cleaning, shopping and cooking, all in closer proximity to our partners than usual. Never before has the phrase...
2020-05-2242 min
The Working Parent PodcastEp3: Interview with Charlie Warshawski talking about Growth MindsetHas there ever been a better time to immerse ourselves in the world of a growth mindset! And understand how we can change our mindset. In this episode, we speak to Charlie Warshawski, growth mindset guru and an executive coach and facilitator at TWPC. Charlie brings mindset theory to life, sharing lots of practical strategies around growth mindset, how to cultivate it where it matters for us and our children. Charlies mindset assessment tool can be found here https://theworkingparentcompany.co.uk/growth-mindset-during-the-covid-19-pandemic/ Give it a go and see how you can shift your own and your children’s...
2020-05-1938 min
The Working Parent PodcastEp2: The amazing Dr Nihara Krause on resilience during lockdown and what Killing Eve can teach us!Resilience is such a vast topic In this episode Dr Krause helps us to understand resilience and provides lots of practical tools to help us develop sustainable resilience at this time.
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2020-05-0136 minThe Working Parent PodcastEp1: What every parent needs during lockdownHow do we best resource ourselves during lockdown?
In this episode we explore and share mindfulness and visualisation strategies as a wonderful resource for leadership and parental focus, regulation and nourishment.
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2020-04-2031 min