Workparent: The Complete Guide to Succeeding on the Job, Staying True to Yourself, and Raising Happy Kids

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The definitive and perennial guide to balancing your family with your career Should you ever have to put your career on hold to have a family? How do you have difficult conversations with your partner about childcare? How do you deal with guilt if you have to leave your child to work? Or leave work to care for your child? Workparent is the definitive guide for all those struggling to juggle the overwhelming demands of working and parenting; whether you're a CEO or entrepreneur, gay or straight, partnered or single, biological or adoptive, full-time or self-employed.

Daisy Dowling is an executive coach with a mission- to help working parents lead more successful and satisfying lives. She is the author of Workparent- Thrive in Your Career While Raising Happy Children. Daisy's work centers on a simple, bold idea- that with the right support and insights, you can earn a living and build your career while being a wonderful mother or father - and remain yourself in the process. Daisy's clients include leading organizations such as Morgan Stanley, Dow Jones, Paul Weiss, Omnicom, Big Lots!, KKR, National Health of Scotland and the United States Air Force. Her work has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Sunday Times (UK), and on CNN.com, amongst others. Daisy is the proud full time working mother of two young children.

The definitive guide to working while being a parent. A must-read. * Cal Newport, author of Digital Minimalism (and father to three boys) * Full of great, practical advice about everything from HR to head lice. I wish this book had been around when I started working. * The Scummy Mummies *