Menopause Workplace Conversations
What are the workplace conversations we should be having around menopause?
Time: 1100 - 1200 (if you can't attend live, register to watch the recording. If you are unable to register via zoom, please email us so we can send you the recording link: registrations@bfi.co.uk
When: Wednesday, 5th April
Cost per attendee: FREE
Ahead of our half day training, this FREE webinar tackles the reality of working as a menopausal women in 2023
It’s believed that when a woman enters menopause, she’s pretty much at the pinnacle of her career – yet symptoms can be debilitating. We all know about hot flushes, but menopausal women are also beset by a range of lesser known issues such as chronic insomnia, urinary incontinence, intense itching, depression, brain fog and a host of other seemingly-unrelated physical and mental symptoms.
Understanding the impact of menopause in the workplace
Work can become untenable, and in the UK a study carried out by BUPA found that one in four women will simply remove themselves from the workplace, feeling unsupported, misunderstood, or simply unable to cope. Can employers in this age really afford to let that level of experience, expertise and company knowledge just walk out of the door? If you don’t have a clear, well-communicated menopause guidance or policy document, you run that risk.
We’ve run a whole series of workplace menopause training and conferences and are delighted that forward-looking organisations are paying attention to this valuable demographic. But it’s still a minority of employers. We are offering this FREE one-hour webinar to deep dive into the frightening statistics and talk about the reality of working as a menopausal woman.
How do menopause health treatments differ between different ethnic minorities?
We are also examining the diversity issues – women of colour are routinely earlier to start menopause and their symptoms are frequently more severe. Yet this demographic report a significant paucity in treatment offered and are 30% less likely to be offered HRT.
We will sit down with key players and discuss this shocking statistic and ask what employers can do to tackle a the variation on health treatments between different ethnic groups.
We are accepting questions before and during the broadcast. Please send your questions to elizabeth.smith@bfi.co.uk.
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"A really useful and insightful afternoon. The speakers were positive and passionate about making this subject less taboo. I was really impressed."
"It was really engaging, engrossing and informative - thank you so much. Great mid-week pick me up event."
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Which functions will benefit from attending
- HR, DIVERSITY & INCLUSION, OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH, RECRUITMENT & RESOURCING, POLICY & STRATEGY, OPERATIONS, LEGAL, TALENT, EQUALITY, POLICY, ORGANISATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, EMPLOYER BRANDING, ENGAGEMENT, EMPLOYEE RELATIONS, PEOPLE DEVELOPMENT, LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT, IMPROVEMENT AND QUALITY AND ALL DIRECTORS AND LINE MANAGERS WITH RESPONSIBILITIES IN THIS AREA.
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Welcome
Elizabeth Smith
Director of Research , Business Forums International Ltd. (BFI)
Elizabeth is director of research and a founding co-director at Business Forums International. She is responsible for all programme content and writing, and researches current areas of interest for senior HR professionals in large organisations. BFI is the UK’s leading HR risk specialist conference and training provider, delivering key and timely information to over 3,000 delegates a year both through public and in-house training courses. Before founding BFI in 1996, Elizabeth specialised in researching corporate financial programmes in Asia and the Middle East, based in Dubai. She also worked in advertising and publishing in the Middle East and London. Elizabeth was educated in the West Indies, Saudi Arabia and Belgium before reading Modern Languages at Durham University. She is currently developing an online training course for line managers to raise awareness of menopause symptoms and ways that employers can work to make their workplaces more inclusive.
Menopause in the workplace 2023: What are the conversations we need to have?
Elizabeth Smith
Director of Research , Business Forums International Ltd. (BFI)
Elizabeth is director of research and a founding co-director at Business Forums International. She is responsible for all programme content and writing, and researches current areas of interest for senior HR professionals in large organisations. BFI is the UK’s leading HR risk specialist conference and training provider, delivering key and timely information to over 3,000 delegates a year both through public and in-house training courses. Before founding BFI in 1996, Elizabeth specialised in researching corporate financial programmes in Asia and the Middle East, based in Dubai. She also worked in advertising and publishing in the Middle East and London. Elizabeth was educated in the West Indies, Saudi Arabia and Belgium before reading Modern Languages at Durham University. She is currently developing an online training course for line managers to raise awareness of menopause symptoms and ways that employers can work to make their workplaces more inclusive.
- Legal and moral framework: how should you be supporting menopausal women in your workforce?
- Menopause symptoms and how they affect women at work
- Key steps smart employers are taking
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Alison Martin-Campbell
Founder & Chair of EY Menopause Community /Executive Assistant
Ernst Young
Alison Martin-Campbell
Founder & Chair of EY Menopause Community /Executive Assistant , Ernst Young
Alison Martin-Campbell, 56, is an Executive Assistant at the professional services firm EY. After experiencing hot flushes, insomnia, anxiety, depression and cystitis, the last of these so badly she ended up in hospital, she started to share her research and tips for how to cope with menopause symptoms leading her to setting up the EY Menopause Community which supports employees and their families going through menopause and peri-menopause. One of Alison’s key passions is making people – men and women – feel comfortable talking about menopause, and thinks menopause should be spoken about as openly as any other stage in a man or woman’s life. Alison also feels that it is really important that we create menopause-friendly workplaces, given menopause affects half the working population and for many, they are going to be working for up to a third of their life when they're going through what can be incredibly debilitating symptoms of menopause. In light of this, Alison was part of a team who worked on establishing Menopause Guidelines for Staff and Managers at EY. Alison has appeared in The Financial Times, contributed to Still Hot: 42 Brilliantly Honest Menopause Stories, spoken at This Can Happen 2021: Menopause and mental health - learnings from the UK workforce, given dozens of presentations on menopause to colleagues and external clients, most recently on Menopause & Neurodiversity, and written an article for COO Magazine entitled Why Menopause Matters, Especially In The Workforce.
Diversity issues to consider: what are menopausal women of colour not getting from Employers?
Nichole McGill-Higgins (she/her)
Award Winning Race Equality Campaigner, Founder & Director
Changez Life
Nichole McGill-Higgins (she/her)
Award Winning Race Equality Campaigner, Founder & Director , Changez Life
Nichole is an award-winning campaigner, coach, consultant and motivational speaker on race equality and inclusion. Commended for her work tackling oppression, aggression and prejudice in the workplace, she is dedicated to rooting out injustice, becoming the voice for those who may not have the courage to speak for themselves and exploring intersectionality. Nichole is a global keynote speaker at events which focus on racism and the uncomfortable truths which surround it. Through her authentic storytelling in a direct, jargon-free tone, Nichole wins over audiences and organisations – encouraging everyone to take responsibility and action for diversity and inclusion. As a positive disrupter, Nichole uses coaching and design-led thinking methodologies to help organisations experience their own awakening, changing hearts and minds. Nichole led the CIPD’s internal Race Review project, assessing whether the CIPD was dismantling or upholding racial inequality in response to the murder of George Floyd. As a critical friend, she oversaw the content produced by the CIPD to support people professionals in tackling racism and racial discrimination in the workplace. Nichole is a trustee for Rape Crisis Centre (RASASC), a South London charity, focusing on anti-racism and transgender rights. She leads their D&I strategy, underpinning the support offered to survivors, employee engagement and corporate governance. Nichole was named ‘Campaigner of the Year 2020’ by The Baton Awards for her outstanding contribution to racial equality, working with young people and organisations. Nichole was also celebrated as National Mentor of the Year by the National Mentoring Awards in 2019. Other previous voluntary roles include Trustee for the Croydon BME Forum and founding Co-chair of EmbRACE, the CIPD’s employee resource group dedicated to educating colleagues about race and opening up difficult conversations. As well as speaking at events, coaching and consultancy, Nichole delivers training sessions, designs immersive workshops and implements inclusion strategies to drive racial equality and inclusion for employees and employers.
- Racial inequality in the context of menopausal treatment for women of colour: some lived experiences
- Variations on culture and health beliefs: key lessons for employers
- Diminishing miscommunication, discomfort and mistrust: adding colour to the white menopause space