Did you know about 80% of employees will become parents at some point in their careers, but many do not feel supported? A third do not even think they will return to work after parental leave. And of those who do, many leave within a year. Regardless of the path they choose, one thing is clear: A lot of parents feel that starting a family has at least temporarily derailed their career.Therefore, companies need most: resilience, empathy, focus, crisis management, and a long-view perspective. Their book invites leaders to reimagine working parents not as a liability but as an untapped competitive edge. Written for executives and managers, The Parenthood Advantage explores how companies can build cultures that value parents—and thrive because of it. But the book also serves as a roadmap for parents and soon to be parents—male and female—who want to know how best to prepare for leave and how to transition back to the workplace smoothly. Some of the actionable insights for parents include:Set expectations early: Initiate a conversation with your manager three to four months before leave starts. That allows time to plan coverage, discuss communication preferences (clean break vs. lightly looped in), and begin a dialogue that makes the transition smoother on both sides.Know your company’s policy around parental leave: And do not assume your manager does. Not all HR departments prioritize equipping managers with this information. Share with them what you learn.Schedule a resolute “returnship” conversation: Get it on the calendar before you leave so that it can take place a couple of weeks prior to coming back. This is a chance to check in on projects and ask for any flexibility you may need (like adjusted days or hours).<a href='https://booklife.com/project/the-parenthood-advantage-102115'> https://booklife.com/project/the-parenthood-advantage-102115</a><a href='http://www.yourlotandparcel.org'>http://www.yourlotandparcel.org</a>

<description>&lt;p&gt;Did you know about 80% of employees will become parents at some point in their careers, but many do not feel supported? A third do not even think they will return to work after parental leave. And of those who do, many leave within a year. Regardless of the path they choose, one thing is clear: A lot of parents feel that starting a family has at least temporarily derailed their career.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Therefore, companies need most: resilience, empathy, focus, crisis management, and a long-view perspective. Their book invites leaders to reimagine working parents not as a liability but as an untapped competitive edge. Written for executives and managers, The Parenthood Advantage explores how companies can build cultures that value parents—and thrive because of it. But the book also serves as a roadmap for parents and soon to be parents—male and female—who want to know how best to prepare for leave and how to transition back to the workplace smoothly. Some of the actionable insights for parents include:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Set expectations early: Initiate a conversation with your manager three to four months before leave starts. That allows time to plan coverage, discuss communication preferences (clean break vs. lightly looped in), and begin a dialogue that makes the transition smoother on both sides.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Know your company’s policy around parental leave: And do not assume your manager does. Not all HR departments prioritize equipping managers with this information. Share with them what you learn.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Schedule a resolute “returnship” conversation: Get it on the calendar before you leave so that it can take place a couple of weeks prior to coming back. This is a chance to check in on projects and ask for any flexibility you may need (like adjusted days or hours).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://booklife.com/project/the-parenthood-advantage-102115'&gt; https://booklife.com/project/the-parenthood-advantage-102115&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.yourlotandparcel.org'&gt;http://www.yourlotandparcel.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Did you know about 80% of employees will become parents at some point in their careers, but many do not feel supported? A third do not even think they will return to work after parental leave. And of those who do, many leave within a year. Regardless of the path they choose, one thing is clear: A lot of parents feel that starting a family has at least temporarily derailed their career. Therefore, companies need most: resilience, empathy, focus, crisis management, and a long-view perspective. ...

Supporting Working Parents Strengthens the Workplace

Him and his wife live on a picturesque 150 acres at the base of Cardigan Mountain in New Hampshire. In the winter, he often skis to his cabin office to introspectively write.He teaches how to persuade parents, children, and audiences of all sizes and to disagree without anger. Rhetoric lets us make choices together without wanting to kill each other. It inoculates us from evil manipulation. And it makes everything (advertising, movies, the persuasive wildlife in our backyard) endlessly interesting.Rhetoric once sat at the center of elite education. Alexander the Great, Shakespeare, and Martin Luther King, Jr., used it to build empires, write deathless literature, and inspire democracies. Now it will help you to take leadership over yourself; not through pop psychology or empty inspiration, but with persuasive tools that have been evaluated for more than three thousand years.The book has been published in eighteen languages and has four editions with more than 700,000 copies in print; at one point it ranked among the top ten books assigned at Harvard. A simpler guide is How to Argue with a Cat: A Human&apos;s Guide to Persuasion. Just for fun, he authored a novel, The Prophet Joan. And his latest book is Aristotle’s Guide to Self-Persuasion.He is the author of “Thank You for Arguing: What Aristotle, Lincoln, and Homer Simpson Can Teach Us About the Art of Persuasion.”<a href='https://www.jayheinrichs.com/'> https://www.jayheinrichs.com/</a><a href='http://www.yourlotandparcel.org'>http://www.yourlotandparcel.org</a>

<description>&lt;p&gt;Him and his wife live on a picturesque 150 acres at the base of Cardigan Mountain in New Hampshire. In the winter, he often skis to his cabin office to introspectively write.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;He teaches how to persuade parents, children, and audiences of all sizes and to disagree without anger. Rhetoric lets us make choices together without wanting to kill each other. It inoculates us from evil manipulation. And it makes everything (advertising, movies, the persuasive wildlife in our backyard) endlessly interesting.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Rhetoric once sat at the center of elite education. Alexander the Great, Shakespeare, and Martin Luther King, Jr., used it to build empires, write deathless literature, and inspire democracies. Now it will help you to take leadership over yourself; not through pop psychology or empty inspiration, but with persuasive tools that have been evaluated for more than three thousand years.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The book has been published in eighteen languages and has four editions with more than 700,000 copies in print; at one point it ranked among the top ten books assigned at Harvard. A simpler guide is How to Argue with a Cat: A Human&amp;apos;s Guide to Persuasion. Just for fun, he authored a novel, The Prophet Joan. And his latest book is Aristotle’s Guide to Self-Persuasion.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;He is the author of “Thank You for Arguing: What Aristotle, Lincoln, and Homer Simpson Can Teach Us About the Art of Persuasion.”&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.jayheinrichs.com/'&gt; https://www.jayheinrichs.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.yourlotandparcel.org'&gt;http://www.yourlotandparcel.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Him and his wife live on a picturesque 150 acres at the base of Cardigan Mountain in New Hampshire. In the winter, he often skis to his cabin office to introspectively write. He teaches how to persuade parents, children, and audiences of all sizes and to disagree without anger. Rhetoric lets us make choices together without wanting to kill each other. It inoculates us from evil manipulation. And it makes everything (advertising, movies, the persuasive wildlife in our backyard) endlessly inter...

Mastering Persuasion with Harmony

She collaborates with parents whose children have autism. She is a Yale University trained scientist, medical strategist, and autism parent. She knew something was wrong with her daughter. She just had this intuition. Her daughter was developing but there was just something not right. She had a nagging feeling and everyone kept telling her to ignore it and that everything was fine, but she ignored herself and that is what she gets really mad about.She got an autism diagnosis, and it was devastating. She was upset with her daughter. But she was really upset at herself because she did not listen to herself. She started going from doctor to doctor to try to see how she could get healthier, but those doctors would just say “Ooh that’s just autism.” And it was like they were back before the diagnosis when she said something was wrong and people told her not to worry. She was determined not to make that mistake again!So, she came up to speed on the autism research literature, put together a top-notch healthcare team that included a Functional Medicine specialist, and listened to her intuition. Her daughter is thriving, and they are having so much family fun. They are doing the things she dreamed about.Since then, doctors started asking her to teach other parents what she knew about autism and that led to her website, her book, and collaborating one-on-one with parents in over eighteen countries. She teaches parents the innovative science of autism research so that they can make the best decisions for their child. Plus, then they can have extraordinary family fun they always wanted with their children.She is the author of “The Lyons Report 2020: Autism and Functional Medicine Doctors.” <a href='https://awetism.net/'>https://awetism.net/</a><a href='http://www.yourlotandparcel.org'>http://www.yourlotandparcel.org</a>

<description>&lt;p&gt;She collaborates with parents whose children have autism. She is a Yale University trained scientist, medical strategist, and autism parent. She knew something was wrong with her daughter. She just had this intuition. Her daughter was developing but there was just something not right. She had a nagging feeling and everyone kept telling her to ignore it and that everything was fine, but she ignored herself and that is what she gets really mad about.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;She got an autism diagnosis, and it was devastating. She was upset with her daughter. But she was really upset at herself because she did not listen to herself. She started going from doctor to doctor to try to see how she could get healthier, but those doctors would just say “Ooh that’s just autism.” And it was like they were back before the diagnosis when she said something was wrong and people told her not to worry. She was determined not to make that mistake again!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;So, she came up to speed on the autism research literature, put together a top-notch healthcare team that included a Functional Medicine specialist, and listened to her intuition. Her daughter is thriving, and they are having so much family fun. They are doing the things she dreamed about.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Since then, doctors started asking her to teach other parents what she knew about autism and that led to her website, her book, and collaborating one-on-one with parents in over eighteen countries. She teaches parents the innovative science of autism research so that they can make the best decisions for their child. Plus, then they can have extraordinary family fun they always wanted with their children.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;She is the author of “The Lyons Report 2020: Autism and Functional Medicine Doctors.” &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://awetism.net/'&gt;https://awetism.net/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.yourlotandparcel.org'&gt;http://www.yourlotandparcel.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

She collaborates with parents whose children have autism. She is a Yale University trained scientist, medical strategist, and autism parent. She knew something was wrong with her daughter. She just had this intuition. Her daughter was developing but there was just something not right. She had a nagging feeling and everyone kept telling her to ignore it and that everything was fine, but she ignored herself and that is what she gets really mad about. She got an autism diagnosis, and it was deva...

The Latest Advances in Autism Science

Doug Fifer is a retired Alaskan police officer who specialized in crime scene analysis, deviant sexual crimes, hostage negotiations, and various special assignments throughout his twenty-five-year career. As a highly decorated investigator, Doug has negotiated with serial killers, solved homicides, and worked on real-life cases that will shock you to the core.This is not your run-of-the-mill true crime; it is straight from the source, an author-led journey into how far some will go to achieve their sexually freakish desires. You have never read a book like this one; it is a cringeworthy reality check on humanity. You might think you can manage the truth, but this police officer’s truth is as savage as it gets.When asked about the stressors of being a police officer, Doug replied, “Humor plays a key role in keeping your sanity, not just in law enforcement but life in general.” His writing certainly reflects this philosophy, as Doug believes in taking life seriously—just not too seriously.Born in the small town of Homer, Alaska, Doug’s family originates from southeast Alaska, around the Ketchikan area. He and his wife, Kim, raised their children in the Anchorage area, where he resides today.He is the author of Fifty Shades of True Crime: Sex, Drugs, and Killer Kink.<a href='https://dougfifer.com/'> https://dougfifer.com/</a><a href='http://www.yourlotandparcel.org'>http://www.yourlotandparcel.org</a>

<description>&lt;p&gt;Doug Fifer is a retired Alaskan police officer who specialized in crime scene analysis, deviant sexual crimes, hostage negotiations, and various special assignments throughout his twenty-five-year career. As a highly decorated investigator, Doug has negotiated with serial killers, solved homicides, and worked on real-life cases that will shock you to the core.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This is not your run-of-the-mill true crime; it is straight from the source, an author-led journey into how far some will go to achieve their sexually freakish desires. You have never read a book like this one; it is a cringeworthy reality check on humanity. You might think you can manage the truth, but this police officer’s truth is as savage as it gets.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;When asked about the stressors of being a police officer, Doug replied, “Humor plays a key role in keeping your sanity, not just in law enforcement but life in general.” His writing certainly reflects this philosophy, as Doug believes in taking life seriously—just not too seriously.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Born in the small town of Homer, Alaska, Doug’s family originates from southeast Alaska, around the Ketchikan area. He and his wife, Kim, raised their children in the Anchorage area, where he resides today.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;He is the author of Fifty Shades of True Crime: Sex, Drugs, and Killer Kink.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://dougfifer.com/'&gt; https://dougfifer.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.yourlotandparcel.org'&gt;http://www.yourlotandparcel.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Doug Fifer is a retired Alaskan police officer who specialized in crime scene analysis, deviant sexual crimes, hostage negotiations, and various special assignments throughout his twenty-five-year career. As a highly decorated investigator, Doug has negotiated with serial killers, solved homicides, and worked on real-life cases that will shock you to the core. This is not your run-of-the-mill true crime; it is straight from the source, an author-led journey into how far some will go to achiev...

A Stark Reality Check on Humanity

In the 1960s and 1970s-when many communities resisted school integration and schools held low expectations for working-class kids and constricted teachers&apos; autonomy-educators and students at a multiracial public high school in California collaborated to achieve something remarkable: they created a cohesive community that gave students a powerful sense of belonging.Over its 25-year life, the student leaders of Sunnyvale High School collaborated with visionary staff to reduce violence, broaden, and enrich the curriculum to include US Black history and Mexican American literature, and increase girls&apos; access to sports. Working together, they fostered a collective sense of pride, persistence, and possibility that fed the success of students and graduates in careers and in communities.How did adults and youth forge such a powerful ethos of engagement and mutual responsibility, enabling so many to thrive? At a time when issues of racial and gender inequality are as heated as they were half a century ago, what lessons does the school offer? In this book, the story of Sunnyvale High School is told by the students and educators who shaped it and made it meaningful. They attest to the lifelong impact of their shared experience.She is the author of Working-Class Kids and Visionary Educators in a Multiracial School: A Story of Belonging. <a href='https://www.amazon.com/Working-Class-Visionary-Educators-Multiracial-School/dp/1666959685'>https://www.amazon.com/Working-Class-Visionary-Educators-Multiracial-School/dp/1666959685</a><a href='http://www.yourlotandparcel.org'>http://www.yourlotandparcel.org</a>

<description>&lt;p&gt; In the 1960s and 1970s-when many communities resisted school integration and schools held low expectations for working-class kids and constricted teachers&amp;apos; autonomy-educators and students at a multiracial public high school in California collaborated to achieve something remarkable: they created a cohesive community that gave students a powerful sense of belonging.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Over its 25-year life, the student leaders of Sunnyvale High School collaborated with visionary staff to reduce violence, broaden, and enrich the curriculum to include US Black history and Mexican American literature, and increase girls&amp;apos; access to sports. Working together, they fostered a collective sense of pride, persistence, and possibility that fed the success of students and graduates in careers and in communities.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;How did adults and youth forge such a powerful ethos of engagement and mutual responsibility, enabling so many to thrive? At a time when issues of racial and gender inequality are as heated as they were half a century ago, what lessons does the school offer? In this book, the story of Sunnyvale High School is told by the students and educators who shaped it and made it meaningful. They attest to the lifelong impact of their shared experience.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;She is the author of Working-Class Kids and Visionary Educators in a Multiracial School: A Story of Belonging. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.amazon.com/Working-Class-Visionary-Educators-Multiracial-School/dp/1666959685'&gt;https://www.amazon.com/Working-Class-Visionary-Educators-Multiracial-School/dp/1666959685&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.yourlotandparcel.org'&gt;http://www.yourlotandparcel.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

 In the 1960s and 1970s-when many communities resisted school integration and schools held low expectations for working-class kids and constricted teachers' autonomy-educators and students at a multiracial public high school in California collaborated to achieve something remarkable: they created a cohesive community that gave students a powerful sense of belonging. Over its 25-year life, the student leaders of Sunnyvale High School collaborated with visionary staff to reduce violence, b...

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