So far, we have unlearned three ideologies; perfection, ownership and packaging. Today, we’ll unlearn misplaced expectations Have you ever heard the phrase “Jack of all trades, master of none?” I’m sure you have. It is often said to refer to people who do everything but don’t have […]
I stumbled on an online conversation some women were having a few years ago, each of them stating reasons why they were not comfortable assigning the role title “Household Manager” to any domestic staff. I didn’t understand why a simple title could be a problem. […]
I have see many employers willing to accommodate some mistakes and errors of new domestic staff upon resumption. But how many mistakes does it take until it becomes too many? When should an employer start to get worried and move in to intervene in the […]
I had a pastor a few years back who used to say that the reason Adam failed the test in the garden of Eden was because He was created as a fully grown man and did not have the opportunity to grow. Well, this may […]
It was about two weeks ago I came across a post on social media. A woman wrote in for suggestions on how to get lice out of the hair of her two young girls. She was devastated, especially when she discovered that they got it […]
This will be the first of many blogs in a series I will tag UNLEARNING. There are many ways we approach domestic staffing that may seem normal because we have been conditioned by our environment to normalize it. But when what we call “our […]
More and more families are beginning to see that with the amount of work to be done in their homes around housekeeping, cooking and childcare, one domestic staff may not be realistic anymore. Hiring one domestic staff for full home management means overwhelm, high turnover […]
I am gradually settling for the thought that there are only two pathways to get your ideal domestic staff: It’s either you are paying for them or grooming them. Most employers fall into one of these two pathways. If you are on the paying pathway, […]
When the topic of emergencies is brought up, you instantly think of fires, natural disasters that happen suddenly or maybe a major health episode. What you don’t think of are the other seemingly insignificant things that could happen around the domes such as domestic accidents […]
One of the major challenges I have encountered with people, while preaching the message of finding and creating a workable structure in your home is that many think it is such a premium and bougie thing to do. I meet women who think that creating […]