by birdsoup | Mar 8, 2019 | blog, iwd2019
So I woke up this morning to a lovely, sunny International Women’s Day and felt full of optimism. It feels like over the past 12 months things have moved to another level: more diverse voices are speaking out and to a greater extent they are being heard. We all know...
by birdsoup | Mar 6, 2019 | blog, iwd2019
Yesterday we blogged about improving maternity transitions, getting it right benefits both Women and organisations. Obviously, not all women choose or are able to have children, but all women will go through the menopause. In the UK that’s 13 million women and it’s...
by birdsoup | Mar 5, 2019 | blog
Maternity leave has been in the news a fair bit recently: the Bill Gates foundation controversially reduced their paid maternity provision, as this Observer article details, and in this story from The Times, a top British lawyer described how she was going to tackle...
by birdsoup | Mar 4, 2019 | blog
This year’s theme for IWD19 is “Balance for Better” the background behind the theme is that the world now expects balance, notices it’s absence and celebrates its presence and that balance drives a better working world. It’s right that we should celebrate...
by birdsoup | Oct 27, 2018 | blog
Plenty of research supports the benefits of mentoring, increases in productivity, retention, progression of individuals and creating a positive workplace culture. There’s a definite need for mentors, our own Millennial research showed that 86% of those that didn’t...
