#62 - Confessions of a Working Father with Brian Ballantyne
05/09/19 • 28 min
In this week's episode, I chat with Brian Ballantyne about working fatherhood. Brian has been advocating for women's rights in the workplace for the last 10 years. I am really looking forward to sharing this perspective as we don't hear enough of the challenges that working fathers face who are juggling work and parenting.
What You Will Learn:
Some of the great insights that Brian shares:
What his career life looked like pre-children compared to post fatherhood
How family dynamics, priorities and time management have shifted
The challenges Brian has faced as a working father
How Brian's experience in diversity and inclusion has impacted how he now does things within his role at his organisation.
The impact his new book 'Confessions of a Working Father' is having and the conversations it is starting.
Links & References:
linkedin.com/in/brian-ballantyne-336754/
amazon.co.uk/Confessions-Working-Father-Brian-Ballantyne-ebook/dp/B07JMGJD84
Click to view: show page on Awesound
In this week's episode, I chat with Brian Ballantyne about working fatherhood. Brian has been advocating for women's rights in the workplace for the last 10 years. I am really looking forward to sharing this perspective as we don't hear enough of the challenges that working fathers face who are juggling work and parenting.
What You Will Learn:
Some of the great insights that Brian shares:
What his career life looked like pre-children compared to post fatherhood
How family dynamics, priorities and time management have shifted
The challenges Brian has faced as a working father
How Brian's experience in diversity and inclusion has impacted how he now does things within his role at his organisation.
The impact his new book 'Confessions of a Working Father' is having and the conversations it is starting.
Links & References:
linkedin.com/in/brian-ballantyne-336754/
amazon.co.uk/Confessions-Working-Father-Brian-Ballantyne-ebook/dp/B07JMGJD84
Click to view: show page on Awesound
Previous Episode
#61 - Organization Hacks for Busy Working Mums with Katherine Tupy
This week on the show, I interview one of the awesome ladies in my monthly membership community, The Collective.
It has been so great to see Katy’s progress. When she first joined the Collective she was negotiating a flexible return to work and now she is launching her podcast where she will be sharing tips on organisation and productivity. She is sharing some of those tips with us today.
You will learn:
How being part of The Collective has helped Katy to achieve some of her professional goals
Top organization hacks for busy mums
Easy ways to boost your confidence before a job interview
How to be present in parenting
How to launch your passion project
lightboxcoaching.com/episode61
Want to learn more about membership sites?
Join The Tribe Workshop - mo311.isrefer.com/go/workshop/a382/
Click to view: show page on Awesound
Next Episode
#63 - When to Hire a Career Coach
In today's episode, I delve into when you should seek out a career coach. Janine will enlighten you on what the benefits are of hiring a career coach and what a successful interaction with a coach can look like.
Episode Highlights:
Janine Esbrand shares a story of a mother she met that was returning to work.
What are the common negative feelings that mothers may have when returning to work?
How did career coaching assist the working mom Janine met?
How can a career coach help you if you feel stuck?
What can a career coach do to help if you lack clarity of how to move into your career?
When you feel unsupported, hire a career coach.
What types of career mother clients Janine has worked with?
3 Key Points:
Common feelings of a mother returning back to work include: negotiating flexibility, how her colleagues will view her, depleted confidence, and worrying about the balance between work and family life.
If you are lacking clarity on how to proceed in the workforce as a mother, working with a career coach can help.
Working with a career coach is a great way to feel supported.
Tweetable Quotes:
“Many times, people feel stuck in their careers particularly after a huge life transition.” – Janine Esbrand
“The average person is said to have 60,000-80,000 thoughts a day. And research shows that 95% of those thoughts are repetitive.” – Janine Esbrand
“One of the really huge benefits of working with a coach is that you will have somebody who can bring a different judgement-free perspective and help you to snap out of that usual train-of-thought and that way that you think.” – Janine Esbrand
Click to view: show page on Awesound
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