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Being a working parent shouldn’t feel like a daily juggling act on the brink of disaster. 

If you truly want everyone on your team—parent or not—to thrive at work, you need a workplace that lets them show up as their best selves. And today’s guest is the perfect expert to discuss how to make work work for working parents.

Today’s guest is Dr. Anne Welsh, a sought after thought leader on working parenthood. After leaving a career at Harvard to create her own firm, Anne draws on her significant training, research, and experience to champion women and working parents in leadership. 

She brings expertise in career development, emotional intelligence, leadership skills, and women’s mental health to her work as a consultant, executive coach and psychologist. She supports organizations and individuals through one-on-one work, group coaching for working mothers, and workshops and talks.

In this episode, we dive into creating a workplace where parents and caregivers can navigate the many demands of them with greater ease. 

Learn how to “parent out loud”, build a culture of empathy, and leverage leadership skills parenting teaches. Plus, in the extended episode available to Podcast+ members, Anne shares top tips on how to set yourself or your team up for success after parental leave, and how to be sensitive to individuals struggling with infertility.

Conversation Topics

• (00:00) Introduction

• (02:27) Unique challenges working parents face at work

• (04:22) How COVID blurred work-life balance

• (06:56) The mental load of working parents 

• (08:21) Normalizing parenting at work

• (14:52) The five P’s of parenting leadership skills

• (20:21) Advocating for better workplace policies for working parents

• (23:55) Why workplace empathy is crucial to working parents

• (26:03) A great manager Anne has worked for

• (27:13) Keep up with Anne

• (27:46) [Extended Episode Only] How to set yourself or your team up for success after parental leave

• (35:02) [Extended Episode Only] Supporting team members struggling to become parents

Additional Resources

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Keep up with Anne Welsh

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Guest Bonus: 25% Off Working Mothers Lifeline

Anne is providing members of Podcast+ 25% off her Working Mother’s Lifeline, a 6-month coaching program for women who want to feel more connected and intentional in their lives- moving from just surviving to thriving in working motherhood, in a community of women who get it.

👉 To get this guest bonus and many other member benefits, become a member of The Modern Manager Podcast+ Community: https://themodernmanager.com/more 

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