As a mum, there are some choices that are easier to make than others. Starting your own business can be an amazingly worthwhile and rewarding...
Work-Life Balance
Learn how to balance career and family with tips on time management, managing guilt, maternity leave, and flexible work options.
Should you try and work during maternity leave?
Can you work during maternity leave? What happens if you do? And what are the pros and cons of working during maternity leave? Claire...
Time is not the issue – says mum and senior manager Paula
Talking about being a working mum at the BBC ‘Women at the top’ programme triggered senior manager Paula Leach to think about female leadership...
Flexible working and redundancy – two sides of the same coin
Mums working flexibly may feel more vulnerable to redundancy. However, in some cases, being prepared to work flexibly may save you your job....
Walking the female breadwinner tightrope – 5 steps to getting the balance right
Feeling guilty about being a working Mum? Torn between family commitments and work? Thrust into the role of breadwinner when your partner has...
Flexible working during the Olympics: how can you make the most of it?
The government is actively encouraging employers to allow flexible working during the period of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, could you...
Time-out or burn-out
The importance, the skill and the necessity of taking time-out if you want to prevent burn-out as a working mum. In sports like basketball,...
The best thing about working for yourself is…
One of the main things that I love about working from home is that I don’t ‘clock watch’. I remember working in an office where looking at the clock was a regular habit…
Top 6 ways to find work for trailing spouses
Yes, I know there are lots of barriers to working for trailing spouses, and even more for expat mums. But it’s key to overcome those barriers...
Barriers to working for trailing spouses and expat mums
It’s not easy working when you are a trailing spouse and expat mum. First of all, working expat mums face all the well-known issues all working...
How to go from Alienated Expat or Trailing Spouse to Feeling Like a Local?
Life Coach Carole Ann Rice gives great insights on leading a more satisfied life for expats and trailing spouses. There can be fewer, more...
How to manage a senior position and children – Vanessa Vallely
Find out from the interview with Vanessa Vallely how she does it - Vanessa is Head of Business Management at Aviva Investors 4 days/week, she...