by Clara Wilcox | Oct 27, 2016 | Balance, Be the Boss, Career, Confidence, Inspiring Parents, Return to work, Uncategorized |
In honour of National Mentoring Awareness Day (27th October) here is about how a working Mum has created one of the leading Mentoring Support Organisations in the West Midlands. Stop for a moment. Consider your career. Do you know what has driven you to this very...
by Clara Wilcox | Oct 20, 2016 | Career, Confidence, Return to work, Uncategorized |
Starting a new job can bring back “first day of school” feelings. New people, processes and not quite knowing where the toilets are, can send shivers down the spine of even the most self-assured parent. If you have had a break in your work, through maternity leave,...
by Clara Wilcox | Oct 13, 2016 | Balance, Be the Boss, Career, Confidence, Uncategorized |
There are five people every parent should have around them as part of their parent support tribe. Whilst friends and family are amazing, sometimes they just aren’t the right support network to have when you are making a change. Be it a new job, starting a new business...
by Clara Wilcox | Oct 4, 2016 | Balance, Uncategorized |
This week is Working Families National Work-Life Week; you can follow the activity through #timetorebalance Whilst I am working for work-life balance to be automatic, year-round approach, this awareness week is a great opportunity to open up a conversation about how...
by Clara Wilcox | Sep 29, 2016 | Balance, Career, Confidence, Return to work, Uncategorized |
This week, you have quite a rare insight. You are now a fly on the wall for a coaching conversation that I have regularly with Mums and Dads looking to go back to work or find a flexible or family-friendly job. Parent: “There is nothing out there. I’ve looked. No...
by Clara Wilcox | Sep 22, 2016 | Career, Confidence, Return to work, Uncategorized |
I don’t know about you but I really found my style after I was on my second maternity leave. The practicality of having to find maternity clothes which I wanted to wear (and heads up – you wear them a lot longer than you expect to) and not wanting to get lost in the...
by Clara Wilcox | Sep 8, 2016 | Balance, Career, Confidence, Inspiring Parents, Return to work, Uncategorized |
With the start of the new school term in full swing, you may be thinking about what is next for YOU. This week’s blog centres in an inspiring Mum, who has taken the huge step to retrain as a Nurse. Becoming a parent changes what you want out of life; your priorities...
by Clara Wilcox | Sep 1, 2016 | Balance, Be the Boss, Career, Confidence, Return to work, Uncategorized |
Hands up those who have a child starting Reception or a new school year, next week. I remember when my eldest started, it was all so new and exciting for her and me. I assumed once I had sorted out book bags and shoes, I would have everything I needed organised....
by Clara Wilcox | Aug 18, 2016 | Be the Boss, Career, Confidence, Return to work, Uncategorized |
I am now nine months into my journey with The Balance Collective as my sole work focus. I always considered myself an everlasting employee, climbing the career ladder within organisations with a not-for-profit mission. The idea of The Balance Collective came when I...
by Clara Wilcox | Aug 11, 2016 | Balance, Be the Boss, Career, Confidence, Uncategorized |
Taking your child to work is the ultimate way of achieving work-life balance. I had the opportunity to take my children to work with me this week, firstly to a business meeting with a fellow working Mum, then, just my eldest daughter, to watch me speak at the LoveLBG...
by Clara Wilcox | Aug 3, 2016 | Career, Return to work, Uncategorized |
Finding family friendly jobs can feel like such a challenge. So many parents I know are waiting for the holy grail of THE IDEAL job. One that is exactly the hours they want. So, they wait … and wait … but it never appears. How many times have you seen a role that...
by Clara Wilcox | Jul 28, 2016 | Balance, Be the Boss, Career, Return to work, Uncategorized |
Guilt. It’s a horrible feeling. I think it comes with the “parent package”. At times I feel terribly guilty for working and then not guilty for not! However, this guilt comes from a place of assumption. I am assuming that my kids want me home all the...