Don’t you just wish you had a practical, encouraging playbook that guided you through how to combine your career with raising your children? In a time when many of us are juggling working from home while our children are also home, or are working away from home while our children’s exams are cancelled or schools are closed, such a thing feels more essential than ever. How can you ensure you are giving your children everything they need, while also serving yourself and your own happiness?

In this practical and friendly virtual workshop with leading executive coach and working parent expert Daisy Dowling, you will learn the insights and tools that Daisy has gleaned from interviews with hundreds of diverse parents. From these, you will discover the secrets she has been working on with working parents to help them succeed in their careers while also being the loving, present parents they want to be.

Suitable for current and aspiring parents and carers, from all backgrounds and with all family setups, this masterclass is a nurturing and gentle place that also provides actionable steps for you to employ in your life right away.

Course Content

Why is this so hard? How working parenthood has changed in the past two decades - and how we can change along with it
Setting your working parent agenda - and finding confidence and motivation in the process
Building your network of help and support
Managing your time and to-do list
How to communicate effectively when professional and parenting responsibilities overlap
Coping with guilt, overwhelm, and other completely normal feelings
Making working parenthood work alongside your ambitions and unique familial structure
Q&A

This course is for ...

Parents, or those thinking about parenthood, who want to succeed at work while raising children they love
Anyone struggling with finding the balance between work and family who is looking for advice and support in thriving in both areas of life

Tutor Profile

Daisy Dowling is the author of Workparent: Thrive in Your Career While Raising Happy Children (Penguin Business, May 2021). As an executive coach, she helps working mothers and fathers to lead more successful and satisfying lives. Her clients include Credit Suisse, Dow Jones, Omnicom Media Group, National Health of Scotland and the United States Air Force, and her work has been published or featured in the Harvard Business Review, New York Times, Sunday Times (UK), Bloomberg BusinessWeek and on CNN.com, amongst others. She is a graduate of Harvard Business School and along with her husband, the proud working parent of two young children.

Course Details

Date: Saturday 27 November 2021
Time: 2pm - 4pm (BST)

This masterclass is available globally. If you are joining us from outside the United Kingdom, please use this time zone converter to check your local live streaming time.

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How to become a successful and satisfied working parent