Book review: Top Tips for Talented Working Parents by Jo Lyon & Harriet Beveridge

Posted by Helen Bradley in Business lifestyle on Thu, 05/05/2011 - 09:29

Title: Top Tips for Talented Working Parents
Author: Jo Lyon & Harriet Beveridge
ISBN: 978-184876-598-6
Price: £5.99

 

This A6 book is something you can pop in your pocket, briefcase or handbag to have to hand for any spare moment. It is a resource you can dip in and out of and you certainly don’t need to have a long attention span (parents - I can almost hear you saying 'thank goodness!'). Each of the 15 chapters are 2-3 pages long and contain lists of tips with a couple of “Coaching Questions” at the end of each topic. As a time-poor working parent myself, when I received this in the post I was excited at the prospect of being able to read it in one evening and I wanted to dive in straight away.

What lies between the covers is really practical and sound advice for any parent to be, returning to work or even back at work parent. I expected that it would be written for mums but I passed over chapters to my husband which he has found useful as a working parent, partner and as our daughter’s primary carer.

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