The Transferable Skills of Parenting

Parenting and caregiving cultivate essential skills, including self-awareness, adaptability, resilience, creativity, and empathy.

In this session, transition coach and future of work specialist, Sally McNamara, outlines the link between the experience of caring for kids with valuable future of work skills and highlights how the abilities developed through pregnancy, parental leave, and the ongoing care of children can translate into professional strengths.

With practical strategies, this webinar will help you reframe the parenting experience as a career asset and show you how to leverage these skills to boost confidence, enhance contributions at work, and unlock new career growth opportunities.

Key takeaways:

• Gain a better understanding of the most critical skills for success in the future of work 
• Reframe parental leave and time caring for kids from “time out” of the workplace to a time of upskilling
• Discover the skills you have built through caregiving and how they can amplify your contribution at work
• Explore how to start shifting culture within your own team to help reduce the work-family conflict many parents feel.