Women at work, beyond the 9 to 5: The untold realities of working mothers’ lives. Anna* has twin girls who are 6, a 3 year old boy, and works full time – talk about hectic!! She’s in an HR people partner role, working with a segment of the executive team […]
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Women at work, beyond the 9 to 5: The untold realities of working mothers’ lives. Charlotte has two girls aged 18 months and 6 years. She’s married and works a “greedy job” in consulting. We talked about what it’s like trying to parent when both parents work big jobs. Spoiler,
How do you parent when you have a big job? Read More »
Women at work, beyond the 9 to 5: The untold realities of working mothers’ lives. This is part 2 of Charlotte’s* journey, where we talk about her traumatic IVF journey. When she discovered she was successful getting pregnant with her second daughter, after 27 rounds of IVF, she got pushed
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Women at work, beyond the 9 to 5: The untold realities of working mothers’ lives. Charlotte* has two girls aged 18 months and 6 years. She was pushed out of her last workplace while she was pregnant, following a difficult IVF journey that got her there. You can read about
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Women at work, beyond the 9 to 5: The untold realities of working mothers’ lives. Naomi* has 2 girls aged 7 and 9, lives with her husband and is job hunting – looking for meaningful, part time work. We chatted about the huge untapped resource of working mothers, and the
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Women at work, beyond the 9 to 5: The untold realities of working mothers’ lives. Emily* is married with two girls aged 18 months and 16 years, and works in communications. We spoke about building a meaningful career, impostor syndrome and the very real challenges of balancing work, care, and
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Women at work, beyond the 9 to 5: The untold realities of working mothers’ lives. Sarah* is a mother of 3 kids aged 9, 10, and 16, who lives with the father of her two younger kids (who she calls her lover). We spoke about the work she has to
Time for yourself and the second shift Read More »
If you’re part of a government team, you know all too well how much change you’ve been experiencing lately. With new Ministers, MOGs, changes within departments, and and constant responsiveness to requests and external stakeholders, it feels like you’re constantly shifting and adjusting. Add to that nearly three years of
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In a recent ACT Government workshop, I asked everyone in the room to define 12 project elements. There were 30 people in the workshop, and we ended up with at least 10 different definitions for each element. Everyone was working on the same project, but they were all trying to
Are you all trying to solve the same problem? Read More »
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