The Great 'Realisation' - Act fast and build a winning whole-person people strategy

The 'Great Realisation' - Covid has allowed talent/employees to have deep introspection. Historically, organizations have seen hiring as purely transactional - we hire you, you work and we pay you. That's changed, there needs to be an alignment, of purpose, values, and where organisations embrace the whole-self (the new blended work/life persona) of their talent. Compensation is not nearly enough, talent wants to know that all aspects of their life are being looked after, both at work and at home. Companies who embrace this and move from a transactional to whole-person employment strategy will be where we see talent traction. #thegreatrealisation

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Women supporting one another in business

There are articles galore about gender equality, the ever increasing pay gap, parental leave entitlements (or lack of), womens battle to have a positive career trajectory, a good nights sleep, life after baby, life with baby, stress, Facebook groups/tribes/communities to join, relationships, cosmetics, skin care, general health and wellbeing.  However, there is very little out there that talks about how women behave when they reach senior or executive level status in their careers and why they do it.  

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Career Calling?

Your last day of work often can't come soon enough, you have worked hard to ensure all your work is in order to ensure a smooth handover, unless you are one of the lucky ones whereby a fixed term maternity cover has already started! You then embark on your maternity leave, which is a very personal experience, and one that should be cherished, however, this period is often tainted by the ever pending return to work. It has been my experience that parents fall into the following categories

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