NEWS & INSIGHTS

At Thriving Talent, we understand that juggling a career and caregiving responsibilities can be challenging. Despite progress in parental leave policies, many organizations still grapple with retaining and developing their talented pool of parents. The "caring and career crash" phenomenon...

Organisations who demonstrate that they value caring are a magnet for attracting and retaining talent.

Yet, what does “caring” mean?

Historically, caring has often been a role associated largely with women and is often reinforced with gender stereotypes reinforced in society, culture...

There is no denying that the impact of COVD-19 brought many challenges to both individuals and businesses, large and small. However, it has also driven new working practices and mindsets that offer an incredible opportunity for organisations to foster inclusive cultures and equality at...

How to PRETEND you care about women at work

Provide training opportunities out of hours

Offering additional training and networking opportunities shows that you care about supporting and developing your female employees. However offering these opportunities outside of working hours can...

Accompanying the transition to parenthood requires a change in assumptions, beliefs, behaviour, and motivations for the parents concerned.

It is probably one of the most challenging and exciting transitions for a woman, amplified by many mental and physical changes and unknowns, with associated...

Even pre-pandemic, most working parents would have said that attempting to achieve a healthy work-life balance is challenging. Now it's even harder. 

Working from home during 2020 blurred the lines between our personal and professional lives. As we transition back to the...

We all know that networking and being visible at work is a key enabler for advancing and expanding your career. We also know that eating healthy foods, exercising, practicing mindfulness is also critical for a long and healthy life….but how often do we make this a...

Written by Ian Dinwiddy, Partner at Thriving Talent

As we recently celebrated Father’s Day across Europe, now is a perfect time to shine a light on how Covid has fundamentally changed dads' attitudes and expectations about how to balance work and fatherhood.

The pandemic led to Dads...

...and how can enabling Caring and Career accelerate progress?

At Davos 2021 in January, there was much focus on the projects and initiatives of the World Economic Forum: Hardwiring Gender Parity in the Future of Work and Closing the Gender Gap Accelerators. 

Last year in...

By Deborah Croft