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“Do you have any children? How old are they? Are you planning more?” Common questions that every woman is asked at an interview. Many employers believe that a child can interfere with full devotion to work. In fact, any mom knows a lot more about efficiency and focus than most managers, and has extremely useful skills.
1. Time management
True time management skills develop with the advent of children. No matter how organized (or, conversely, unorganized) a woman was before the birth of a child, a baby from the very first hours of life helps to put everything in its place. Now everything is scheduled by the minute. The same applies not only to the child, but also to the rest of the woman’s life: now she clearly knows how much time to devote to which task, and when to switch to another.
2. Multitasking mode
With the advent of a child, any parent understands what multitasking is. And it’s not just listening, reading and watching TV at the same time. It is to set tasks and solve them in parallel, and in such a way that one goal in no way interferes with the achievement of another.
3.Use of resources
The child helps to understand how important it is to appreciate any resources, whether it is the help of relatives and friends (delegation of their powers, at least for a short period of time) or the full use of smartphones and tablets, where all instant messengers and mail work.
4. Positive attitude
Every parent knows that the child reads it in a couple of seconds. Bad mood, problems – everything affects the baby, he begins to act up, ceases to obey. That is why the task of every mother is to maintain a positive, optimistic attitude always and under any circumstances. This benefits both her and those around her.
5. Ability to switch
At first glance, this skill may seem similar to multitasking, but in fact it is the ability to use the available time to 100% and devote yourself completely to one activity. The parent knows that otherwise it will not work. Next to the baby, the mother completely devotes herself to him, and, switching to another matter, she does not think, does not suffer, does not reflect, but is entirely devoted to what she is doing at the moment.
6. Ability to negotiate
If the mother was able to persuade the overplayed kid to leave the street or go to bed, although he wanted to run or rage, now she can persuade anyone to do anything. The sales department will exceed its plan, and customers will call and thank for detailed advice.
7. Not perfect, but effective
They say that only lazy people do everything at once and do it well, because then they will be too lazy to redo it. The same can be said about parents. Efficiency is their forte. Mom learned to be imperfect, the main thing is that her child be healthy and happy.
8. Punctuality
No more indulgence, because now another person is completely dependent on your punctuality and commitment. If you’re five minutes late, the doctor won’t see you or they won’t let you in. And if you don’t feed or put to bed on time, the regime will go wrong. Therefore, we can say with confidence: mom has a super skill – to do everything on time.
9.Motivation and feedback
Young mothers understand: the baby can make a mistake, do something wrong, play pranks or break something. The correct behavior of a parent is not to focus on a mistake, but to motivate for a good result. This skill will also help in effective team management. Employees and colleagues will feel supported and believe in themselves, which means they will always try to achieve an excellent result.
About the Developer
Anna Mikheeva — Director of Practice Human Resources Management, Law and Administration; financial institutions; Accounting and finance; Information technology and telecommunications of the international recruiting company Hays.