HR in Review 30 - Women in the workforce with Agnieszka Kasperska and Elissa Dobson

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About this Episode

In this HR in Review episode, we dive deeply into topics about Women in the Workplace. These include remote work and its impact on the career development of women and greater menopausal awareness in the workplace.

Guest: Agnieszka Kasperska

Agnieszka is a Research Assistant working at the Interdisciplinary Research for Labour market and Family Dynamics (LabFam) and a PhD Candidate at the University of Warsaw in Poland. She conducts research exploring the impact of technological advances in the labour market on work conditions, from gender and family perspectives. Her last few publications concern the topic of working from home and its impact on careers.

Guest: Elissa Dobson

Elissa is an accredited Executive Menopause, Mindset and Leadership Coach and Co-Founder of Mission Menopause which provides coaching, training & support to organisations who want to break down the taboo of menopause and create an inclusive & supportive workforce for all. Using her experience and expertise, Elissa brings the topic of menopause to life and is passionate about creating open and safe conversations that leave people feeling engaged, educated and empowered.

Questions Include:

Do you think working from home impacts career prospects?
Do women with children and without experience the same problems when working from home?
How can employers offer support to women with children?
What menopause symptoms really affect women in the workplace?
How has menopause personally impacted your career?
How do you think we can best educate HR teams, to support their staff around menopause? and how might this fit into conversations about inclusive work cultures?

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Podcast Host and Guests for this Edition

Host: Amelia Brand

Amelia Brand is the Editor for HRreview. With a master’s degree in Legal and Political Theory, her particular interests within HR include employment law, DE&I, wellbeing within the workplace. Prior to working with HRreview, Amelia was Sub-Editor of a magazine, and Editor of the Environmental Justice Project at the University College London, writing and overseeing articles into UCL’s weekly newsletter. Her previous academic work has focused on philosophy, politics and law, with a special focus on how artificial intelligence will feature in the future.

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Agnieszka Kasperska - Research Assistant LabFam

Guest: Agnieszka Kasperska

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Guest: Elissa Dobson

Elissa is an accredited Executive Menopause, Mindset and Leadership Coach and Co-Founder of Mission Menopause which provides coaching, training & support to organisations who want to break down the taboo of menopause and create an inclusive & supportive workforce for all. Using her experience and expertise, Elissa brings the topic of menopause to life and is passionate about creating open and safe conversations that leave people feeling engaged, educated and empowered. Elissa specialises in leading interactive workshops, one-to-one leadership coaching, motivational talks, educational webinars and strategic consultancy that in turn benefits her clients with improved recruitment, retention, employee wellbeing & organisational reputation. Clients include: PMA UK, Nirvana Spa, Disability Information Bureau, NHS Trusts (Cheshire).

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