Latest Flexible work Podcast Episodes
[Future of Work] Denise Wilson OBE - How the UK is Working to Achieve Gender Balance at Board Level & What Still Needs to Change
Big Careers, Small Children - May 16, 2024 05:15 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingWe're delighted to welcome Denise Wilson OBE to the podcast. Denise is the former chief executive of the FTSE Women Leaders Review and has led the UK’s business task force to increase the number of women on boards and in leadership positions. She has made a significant contribution to gender...
[Future of Work] Bruce Daisley - How to Reduce the Number of Meetings in Your Workplace & Change the Organisational Culture
Big Careers, Small Children - May 09, 2024 04:45 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingWould you like to reduce the number of meetings in your workplace? Joining us this week is workplace culture enthusiast Bruce Daisley. A former EMEA Vice President of Twitter, Bruce is now a best-selling author and hosts the podcast 'Eat, Sleep, Work, Repeat', alongside helping organisations ...
Rosie Hewat - How to Handle the Call Back to the Office & Tips on Requesting Flexible Working
Big Careers, Small Children - May 02, 2024 04:30 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingHas your employer recently called you back to the office? Our guest today is Rosie Hewat, Group Chief People Officer at fintech company Kuda. In 2024, many organisations have begun to pull their workers back to the office. As an experienced HR and people management professional and an advocate...
Elizabeth Willetts - How to Get Your Flexible Working Request Approved & Why the Future of Work is Hybrid
Big Careers, Small Children - April 25, 2024 05:15 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingWhat do the people who get flexible working requests approved have in common? Today we welcome Elizabeth (Liz) Willetts, CEO and Founder of Investing in Women to the podcast to discuss her work advocating for the power of part-time and flexible working. Liz shares her top tips for getting your...
Charlotte Boujassy - How to Let Go of the Pressure of Being a Perfect Parent & Progress Your Career
Big Careers, Small Children - April 18, 2024 05:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingDo you ever feel under pressure to be the perfect parent? Verena Hefti MBE chats with Charlotte Boujassy, Director of Talent & Leadership Development Europe for a Japanese pharmaceutical company. They discuss why it's so important to talk loudly about working flexibly at a senior level, how to...
Thorey V. Proppe - How Data Can Improve DEI Policies & Help Close the Gender Pay Gap
Big Careers, Small Children - April 11, 2024 04:45 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingToday we welcome to the podcast Thorey V. Proppe, the CEO and founder of Alda, an Icelandic tech company which developed DEI software for workplaces globally. Iceland consistently ranks among the highest countries in the world for gender equality. Thorey shares: What is working for gender equ...
Brita Fernandez Schmidt - How to Learn to Trust Your Intuition & Manage Your Fears
Big Careers, Small Children - April 04, 2024 05:15 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingToday we're joined by Brita Fernandez Schmidt, transformational coach and author of the brilliant book Fears to Fierce. Brita has spent 25 years championing women's rights across the world, and strongly believes that every woman has a fierce power to fulfill her own dreams. We discussed how w...
Lea Henry - How to Manage Perfectionism When Combining a Big Career & Young Children
Big Careers, Small Children - March 28, 2024 04:15 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThis week we welcome Lea Henry, co-founder of the award-winning creative childcare agency CocoRio. Together with her business partner Corinna Bordoli, Lea co-founded CocoRio because she worried about the quality of childcare available. As she couldn’t keep her kids with her 24/7, she wanted to ...
Polly Ogden Duffy - How to Progress a Senior Career in a Male-Dominated Industry & Work Flexibly
Big Careers, Small Children - March 21, 2024 04:45 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingHow can women thrive in a traditionally male-dominated work environment? Today we welcome to the podcast Polly Ogden Duffy, Managing Director at prime sales and lettings agency John D Wood & Co. London. Polly, who is married with two children, is passionate that women CAN have it all and share...
When you’re nervous about public speaking
Doing It For The Kids - March 14, 2024 08:03 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsIn this episode, Frankie Tortora and Steve Folland have a chat in response to a question from wedding florist Esme Ford. Esme says: “Hi Frankie & Steve! I am giving a 10 minute talk next week and I need your help. Public speaking is something I never do, so I had a little practice and filme...
Dr. Ana Catalano Weeks - Managing Mental Load While Balancing Career and Parenthood
Big Careers, Small Children - March 14, 2024 04:45 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingToday on the podcast, Verena Hefti MBE chats with Dr Ana Catalano Weeks, Senior Lecturer at the University of Bath Dr. Ana shares her experience of how mental load can be gendered and emphasises that creating awareness is a part of the solution. In this conversation, we delve into the dynamics...
Jane Green - How to Approach Your Employer for Reduced Working Days and Tips on Transitioning to a Flexible Role
Big Careers, Small Children - March 07, 2024 05:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingToday on the podcast, Verena Hefti MBE chats with Jane Green, Leaders Plus Mentor and Former EY Partner. Jane's approach to balancing work and parenthood in an era where flexible-working was rare, can well be considered as a reforming move in the UK workplace. From pioneering a flexible work m...
Should you put your prices on your website?
Doing It For The Kids - February 29, 2024 09:43 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsIn this episode, Frankie Tortora and Steve Folland have a chat in response to a question from Detective Babs Harris aka Anonymous. “I work with corporate clients around workshop facilitation and keynote speaking. My question is around pricing transparency. I am finding that I am getting lots ...
Heather Taylor - How to Accelerate Your Career Whilst Balancing Life as a Parent, Learning to Takes Risks & Life on the Board of Pregnant Then Screwed
Big Careers, Small Children - February 29, 2024 05:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingToday on the podcast Verena Hefti MBE chats with Heather Taylor, Director of Finance and Resources for Trust for London and Trustee and Treasurer at charity Pregnant Then Screwed. Heather is an Alumni of the Leaders Plus Fellowship (having completed the very first cohort of the programme) and a...
{CEO Series} Sam Butters - The Benefits of being a Co-CEO & How to Navigate Morning Sickness in a Senior Role
Big Careers, Small Children - February 22, 2024 04:30 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIn this episode, Verena Hefti MBE chats with Sam Butters, Co-CEO of charity the Fair Education Alliance, a coalition of 250 organisations tackling educational inequality. Verena and Sam discuss the multiple benefits of having Co-CEO’s and why this isn’t necessarily the same as a traditional jo...
Rachel Allison - Tips for Managing Your Personal Brand & How to Build a PR Agency as a New Mother
Big Careers, Small Children - February 15, 2024 04:15 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingWhat is the secret to other people talking positively about you at work? Today on the podcast Verena Hefti MBE chats with Rachel Allison, founder of the PR agency Axe + Saw. Rachel is someone who regularly advocates for Diversity, Inclusion and Equity in her work and she is passionate about ru...
Ellen Taaffe - How to Overcome Perfectionism & Master Self Promotion, Plus How to Support More Women into Senior Leadership Positions
Big Careers, Small Children - February 08, 2024 04:45 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingHow can women unblock the obstacles in their path and open the door to opportunities to reach more senior leadership levels? Today on the podcast, Verena Hefti MBE chats with Ellen Taaffe, author of a thought-provoking new book entitled, 'The Mirrored Door: Break Through the Hidden Barrier That...
When testimonials give you the ick
Doing It For The Kids - February 01, 2024 09:42 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsIn this episode, Frankie Tortora and Steve Folland have a chat in response to a question from Detective Roxanne Maxwell aka Anonymous. She says… “I had a situation recently where I responded to somebody who I know really well offering to help me with something. I said yes, appreciated the serv...
Daniel Astarita - How to Combine IVF, Fatherhood & a Senior Leadership Career
Big Careers, Small Children - February 01, 2024 04:45 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingOur guest today is Daniel Astarita, Managing Director of Kesslers, London. Daniel is a proud IVF Dad and shares his experience of balancing a demanding career whilst going through IVF treatment. As a Managing Director, Daniel has practical advice on what he has learned from combining a leaders...
Sonia Sudhakar - How to Improve Confidence & Resilience as a Senior Leader & Getting to a Director Level Role
Big Careers, Small Children - January 25, 2024 04:30 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingAs part of #MentoringMonth Verena Hefti MBE speaks to Leaders Plus Fellowship Mentor Sonia Sudhakar about improving confidence and resilience as a senior leader and how to get to a Director level role. Sonia is the MD of Marketing and Digital at The Royal Mail Group and lives in London with her...
When you’re thinking of starting a side project
Doing It For The Kids - January 18, 2024 09:25 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsIn this episode, Frankie Tortora and Steve Folland have a chat in response to a question from project management expert Nina Lenton. Nina says: “As well as my work as a freelance project director and manager, I have a blog on the subject of everyday joy (in life and work), which I write on ev...
{CEO Series} Natasha Porter OBE - Why Being a CEO is One of the Best Jobs to Combine a Big Career and Small Children
Big Careers, Small Children - January 18, 2024 04:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThis week Verena Hefti MBE is joined by Natasha Porter OBE, the CEO and Founder of the charity Unlocked Graduates, who recruit, train and challenge outstanding individuals to lead prisoner rehabilitation. Natasha has two young children and gave birth to her eldest child just as Unlocked Graduat...
Big Careers, Small Children - A Podcast for Ambitious Parents Progressing Senior Careers
Big Careers, Small Children - January 17, 2024 20:57 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 1 ratingBig Careers Small Children helps ambitious parents progress careers they love whilst being present with their children. Through honest and informal conversation, senior leaders divulge what they have learnt on their own journey of combining big careers with young children to our host Verena He...
Dr. Amy Diehl & Dr. Leanne Dzubinski - Shattering the Gender Bias Barriers Still Holding Women Back at Work
Big Careers, Small Children - January 11, 2024 04:15 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating“Our organisations have mostly been built by men, for men, with men’s lifestyle patterns in mind.” Gender bias is a powerful force that holds women back in the workplace and prevents them from achieving their full potential. This week on the podcast Verena Hefti MBE chats to Dr. Amy Diehl and ...
Jessica Calarco - Why Women Have Become a Social Safety Net & What Needs to Change
Big Careers, Small Children - January 04, 2024 04:45 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThis week Verena Hefti MBE chats with Jessica Calarco, a Sociologist and Associate Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, about women's role as a social safety net and what needs to change. Jessica is a leading expert on inequalities in family life and education and is the author of ...
🎧 Throwback: Dr Martha Deiros Collado on Being Present With Your Children & Dealing With Feelings Of Guilt
Big Careers, Small Children - December 28, 2023 04:15 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingOur host Verena Hefti MBE is taking a short break from podcast recording this Christmas week. Instead, we revisit one of our most popular episodes featuring Dr Martha Deiros Collado, a clinical psychologist specialising in family therapy and host of the brilliant podcast Talking Sense with Dr M...
Brian Ballantyne - Working Fatherhood: Expectations of Masculinity & Whether Training Can Change Behaviour
Big Careers, Small Children - December 21, 2023 04:30 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThis week Verena Hefti MBE chats with Brian Ballantyne, author of the book "Confessions of a Working Father" and co-founder of Men for Inclusion. They discuss the challenges Brian has faced as a working father in a senior role, expectations of masculinity and whether training can really help ch...
{CEO SERIES} Charlotte Hill OBE - Being a CEO & Enjoying Your Young Children
Big Careers, Small Children - December 14, 2023 04:30 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingToday Verena Hefti MBE is joined by Charlotte Hill OBE, the CEO of The Felix Project, a London charity fighting hunger and food waste. Charlotte is a mother to two young children and is passionate that it's absolutely possible to work in a senior position and raise children. On the podcast, sh...
Rosie McLeod - Career Progression Gaps: Research Findings on Parents' Career Ambitions & How Employers Can Retain & Support Them
Big Careers, Small Children - December 07, 2023 04:15 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingWhat's holding parents' career progression back and how can employers retain and support them? In summer 2023, the Big Parent Career Choices Survey was completed by nearly 900 working parents. It found that 86% of parents want to progress their careers in the next five years, with 51% wanting t...
When you want to ‘do good’ via your business
Doing It For The Kids - November 30, 2023 09:38 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsIn this episode, Frankie Tortora and Steve Folland have a chat in response to a question from Lametta Truffleballs AKA Anonymous. They say… “Hi Frankie & Steve, I see a lot of freelancers ‘doing good’ with their business, donating x % to the planet or to another good cause. I really like this...
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