Contents
- 1. Calm everyone down with sugar
- 2. Remain benevolent beyond reason
- 3. Get organized before you act
- 4. Make patience a weapon
- 5. Never neglect stewardship
- 6. Use your managerial skills
- 7. Uncover your authority (as a mother)
- 8. Drawing strength from one’s actions
- 9. Take 3 steps back before reacting
- 10. Importer the cool attitude au bureau
- In video: PAR – Longer parental leave, why?
1. Calm everyone down with sugar
Do you master cupcakes, cookies, madeleines? No matter how skilled you are, even a yogurt cake can work wonders for relax the atmosphere of an open-space. If necessary, buy a ready-made cake, it also works!
2. Remain benevolent beyond reason
It is the watchword at home to remain calm in the face of the elder who is angry with jealousy, or the younger who discovers authority. Well, in the office, same fight! A slightly abrupt chef? A colleague who is a little too intrusive? Smile, breathe, rephrase. Your contacts will return it to you.
3. Get organized before you act
Do you know how to juggle a fair, a laundry, a parents’ meeting and a barbecue in the space of a Saturday morning? Then, keep a cool head when your missions stack up. We prioritize, we delegate and we act!
4. Make patience a weapon
A meeting that drags on? Orders that contradict each other between managers? Frankly, is it that hard to be patient? Think of the sweet moments of homework in the evening, bedtime or even traffic jams with the family and you will understand. Think carefully, nothing can wear out your nerves anymore.
5. Never neglect stewardship
You now know: a well-organized bag, labeled drawers, a broken-in car, all those everyday details avoid many organizational tensions and hiccups. So apply your good resolutions at work.
6. Use your managerial skills
The voice assured. The tone is firm. Without shouting. The habit of stating the facts, just the facts and the concern not to blackmail. The concern for justice – but within reason (we are not going to cut a little chocolate Swiss in three!). It’s time to show off the boss you’ve become. On the other hand, drop the “I’m counting to three …” to address yourself to a slightly slow supervisor …
8. Drawing strength from one’s actions
You carried a child. You have given birth. In pain or not, it doesn’t matter, you did it. And then, you managed this little piece, took on a thousand responsibilities, made decisions, opened a travel cot without help, no no no! All this galvanizes you and should remind you in the important moments of your career the courage and strength you can demonstrate. You do it.
“Hello wolves, I came back from maternity leave! “
After spending several months talking with your baby, your vocabulary has quietly but surely changed. “Hop hop hop”, “Zou”, “Boom badaboum” can surprise in meetings. Not to mention the little nicknames that you risk giving a colleague at any time: “my doudou”, “my little cat”, “my beautiful”. And the phone call to a customer that ends with an incongruous “kiss”. Whoops. Better not to export this language from home …
9. Take 3 steps back before reacting
You now have the necessary perspective on the possible annoyances due to professional life. What’s a failed business meeting next to a nanny galley? No but really, what is an inappropriate remark from a partner next to a pediatrician who looks down on you? Nothing ! Becoming a parent has made you experience stressful situations that can always serve as benchmarks. When needed, remember the worst. And you will laugh!
10. Importer the cool attitude au bureau
With young children, you can’t have it all. The mess, your look, your schedule, your goals. And it’s so good to let go the same way at work. You will see, sometimes things work out on their own. Not to mention the good humor effect of a relaxed attitude within a team.