When Returning to Work, New Parents Should Focus on 3 Things

The guilt new parents are made to feel in workaholic corporate and national cultures is astonishing. As is the gratitude for the most basic management of an almost universal human reality — that the vast majority of people have children. While you may not be able to fix the whole system, you can nudge it forward by focusing on three things when you return to work after having a baby: your sense of self, your boss, and your corporate culture. Strategically managing all three will not only make your own journey a lot easier, you’ll also contribute to adapting your company to twenty-first century realities.