The must have handover plan for the stay at home dad
Despite being a first-time mum, I found that my parenting style was weirdly instinctual. But was it a parenting instinct, or was it something more deeply ingrained than that? Was it just my personality… that I always managed to ‘get shit done’?
How parental leave changed my life and why other dads should take it too
Now, this is what we call a hands-on dad! Taking advantage of the gender-neutral parental leave offered by his employer, PwC, Blake Woodward took nine months off to care for his little boy. Not only did the experience have a profound impact on Blake’s life and priorities, it led him to launch the ground breaking […]
Let’s ditch work-life balance in exchange for work-life integration
Think of work-life balance as a stand up paddleboard. To achieve any form of balance in life you cannot stand still. You must move with the ebbs and flows of the water, balance your feet and hope you don’t fall down. This activity requires constant re-adjusting and re-framing just to stay upright!
Traditional gender roles are shifting but men still need to do more housework
Australian attitudes towards gender roles relating to parenting and paid work are becoming more progressive according to the 2018 statistical report of the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA)^ survey, released last month by the University of Melbourne. Additionally, women are participating more in paid employment and spending less time on domestic duties […]
Job sharing is the secret to our work-life integration
Joanne Cheng and Chinetta Ren are job share partners whose early careers in the banking world led them along a similar path. After motherhood provoked a desire in both women to work flexibly, they took the plunge into a job sharing arrangement and haven’t looked back. They now share not only the role Associate Director […]
Is motherhood the single biggest challenge to women reaching executive roles?
Ever thought why men hold the lion’s share of executive power? A female leader in tech chooses to challenge why women are underrepresented in executive leadership teams.
