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5 Strategies to Keep Moms — and Everyone Else — From Quitting
To say I don’t comprehend the struggle of parents working from home or in the workplace with children is an understatement. But I think that’s an important realization: my lack of understanding shouldn’t stop me from providing the best environment for others to continue caring for others. It could be children, sick and elderly parents, or a temporary need to care for someone unrelated.
Below are five strategies learned from the work-from-home strategies that many companies and organizations were able to institute. While these remedies may have been temporary during the pandemic, they don’t need to be. Some industries may require a return to the previous status quo. But can you implement one or more of these?
Lessons from Women for Women
One way I work to address my biases as a cis-gender man is to listen to women talk about issues faced by women, taking their suggestions seriously. Working in a traditional work environment for two decades, with limited experience working in a hybrid remote office model, has left me unprepared to understand what people need outside of this traditional environment. So I did some readings from women about the topic — below are some of the takeaways I believe may help others.
