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Talk Roleshare
by Roleshare
Talk Roleshare explores themes around re-packaging work to enable a more diverse, sustainable and equitable workforce. Hear from leaders, companies, and enlightened HR professionals on the future of work, and how to build a more resilient workforce in the face of a shifting dynamic - from company-led to an individual-led workforce.#futureofwork #diversity #wellbeing #flexibility #careers Produced by Roleshare.com | Join the job share movement
Episodes
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Taking Action for Gender Equality: Practical Tips for Individuals and Organizations
Joy Burnford, founder of Encompass Equality, is a gender equality advocate. Joy’s journey began with a crisis of confidence in a male-dominated workplace and she has since dedicated her life to help women develop their confidence, and inspire organisations to create a better workplace experience...
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Virgin Media O2 Leaders Share Their Secrets to Successful Job-Sharing
Sarah O'Connor and Annella Osborne job share the Head of Go to Market at Virgin Media O2. With different career backgrounds, they bring unique experiences and perspectives to the decision-making process, resulting in increased efficiency. They share their strategies for effective communication,...
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Breaking Barriers: The Rise of Job Sharing in Senior-Level Roles at BT
On this week's episode of Talk Roleshare we interview Aurorah Cheney and Kate Jackson Wendelboe. They are the co-directors of strategy and growth at BT security, and they have one of the first director-level job shares at the company. Kate and Aurorah share with us their experience in job…
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Unlock unicorn talent: How job sharing can help build your dream team
"The power is bringing people who think differently and who maybe have a different outlook on life, together." This week on Talk Roleshare we discuss the importance of job sharing in the workplace with Laura Walker and Chloe Fletcher, who job share the Senior Finance Director Transformation...
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Diversity-focused investing: An ethics lawyer's view
Off the back of Covid, new ways of working, remote, hybrid, and the wider adoption of AI technology - the traditional corporate world is on the brink of a radical shift. Companies like Roleshare are creating new sustainable opportunities and true diversity in staffing for the workforce. And this,...
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The benefits of job sharing in marketing for mothers
Let's kick imposter syndrom's ass. That is precisely what Claire Ferreira is on mission to achieve with her growing community of mothers working in marketing. Mums in Marketing helps mothers in the marketing industry by providing resources and advice to help them succeed in returning to work and...
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Give your managers more bandwidth, ask them to hire job shares.
Nicola Golding is an absolute job share rockstar. She has shared three positions in the UK government Civil Service, and today shares the role of Head of Strategic Projects at the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. The arrangement benefits the organization by allowing for coaching...
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Handing over the reigns: how to make job sharing work
People unfamiliar with job sharing might wonder about duplication in a job share or how the partners will hand over responsibilities effectively. I recently met Liz Morgan, who was in a very successful senior job share as HR manager at the National Autistic Society in the UK. She and her partner,...
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A 1-minute story - Building a more equitable and empathetic world through job sharing.
Learn how this charity in the Netherlands working with Roleshare may have just painted the path to a better future through job sharing.
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What is the future of work in an exponential age?
Hear from Azeem Azhar author of Exponential – a book about how "Accelerating Technology Is Leaving Us Behind and What to Do About It." We talk about how productivity, creativity, and innovation have increased in the last few years due to available technology tools and our ability to deliver…
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How to marry purpose and ambition within the construct of the workforce today?
There is a revolution happening in HR. The rebels vs. the traditionalists. There is a yearning and a need for a novel mindset in HR. Listen to David Reay, SVP People at Condé Nast, as he shares how his diverse career experiences, and startup principles, has shaped his view on HR and how that...
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You've heard of serial job sharers?
Meet "serial job sharers" Rhiannon Clapperton and Lisa Watch. What does that even mean? "Serial Job Sharers." Well they've shared not just one, two, but three jobs together at three different companies,and twice were hired together as a pair for a new role! Today, they are co-Directors of...
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Promotions. Sci-fi Books. Kids. Ageing Parents - How This HP Exec Achieved It All.
This finance executive was promoted three times at a global IT company, managing teams up to 120 people in Europe, Middle East and Africa over the course of 10 years. The leader was praised for high employee satisfaction scores and team spiritedness. On the personal life front,the executive…
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How "job sharing" can boost diversity of the underrepresented at work.
Nabeela Virji is the Equity, Inclusion and Diversity lead at X, The Moonshot Factory, formerly Google X. We talk about how feeling safe to share at work is key to equity, inclusion and diversity, from feeling safe and supported to share the reality of our lives and our situations, to sharing jobs...
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You Can Do It in Law, You Can Do It Anywhere - Allen & Overy, Head of HR, Alison Pullen
Career progression meets career flexibility in a sector known for putting in more time – the legal sector. Alison Pullen, one of the Heads of HR at Allen & Overy, an international law firm, talks about how companies can sometimes get stuck doing things the old way because it’s worked. She…
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Productivity is a Byproduct of Connectivity - Workplace From Facebook
The norm is limited by what is possible. Technology widens what is possible and puts the norm under the spotlight. Is the norm the best way? Look at companies like Uber, Airbnb. Think back about your reaction when you first heard of their business model. Surprised, intrigued, curious…
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Don't Choose Between the Best Talent - Get Both.
Imagine you’re looking to fill a PR leadership role and you see this CV land. Sr Reporter at Newsquest, Sr. PR Manager at eBay, Chief Reporter at Clarke White Publishing, Editor at Mobile News, Global Head of Communications at Cobra Group, Director of PR at Bryden Wood, Director of External...
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Jobshare & Order - A Detective Story
When you think male dominated industries, what do you think about? Well, imagine being a woman, a mother, make that a mother of twins who needs career flexibility, as a detective in the metropolitan police. That was Ellie Pyemont. Ellie served as a detective jobshare on a public inquiry about...
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The Real Benefits of a VP Roleshare at Unilever
Unilever has achieved 50/50 gender balance in their leadership roles and their openness to shared roles certainly contributes to that. Dr. Shelagh Muir and Jane Maciver share the role of VP Research and Development at Unilever. This is the second role they’re sharing at Unilever. Hear first hand...
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Why Sharing a Role is Great for Seniority - Mumsnet CEO, Justine Roberts
Justine Roberts is an inspiring example of a woman entrepreneur. She started Mumsnet – the UKs most popular website for parents - after becoming the mother of twins. We spoke ahead of covid. It’s ironic, eerie, whatever you want to call it. We talked about the difficulties of working remotely…
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This GM at Microsoft is Opening all Roles to Be Shared
"As a leader you get thrown curve balls you weren’t expecting and you have to adjust your thinking." Derrick McCourt, General Manager, Customer Success at Microsoft UK has enabled a number of successful shared roles within his organization. Today, he is moving to a position that every role for…
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Future of Work. Future of Our Lives - HR Influencer, Jill Katz
"What if you don’t..." empower, enable, and support your direct reports to work flexibly? This simple, yet powerful question is one Jill Katz, HR influencer, transformation expert, and CHRO at AssembleHR, will ask leaders as part of her work. Jill's passion and point of view on flexible working…
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Stop Thinking of Flexible Working as a Perk - Forbes Contributor, Matt Ballantine
We talk to Matt Ballantine, a "no non-sense" writer, technology consultant, and sociology aficionado. Matt is an author and contributing writer to Forbes where he often writes about the future of work with insights on sustainable and fulfilling ways of working. Matt is passionate about how we can...
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Sharing Roles for Cross-Experience - Airbnb, Head of People Ops, Q Hamirani
Hear about the future of roles from "Q" Hamirani, Head of People Ops at Airbnb. Why skills agility, and sharing roles for cross pollination is a part of their employee experience and hyper growth strategy.
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Banking Can't Afford to Be Inflexible - Royal Bank of Canada, HR, Vanessa Gilardi
Vanessa Gilardi, Head of HR Wealth & Global Asset Management at the Royal Bank of Canada in Europe, shares how banking must embrace flexibility and new ways of working to attract and retain diverse talent. She shares her thoughts on leadership strategies required to enable this transformation in…
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Solve the People Side, Make Magic Happen - Twitter, Director of Talent, Steve Fogarty
Steve Fogarty, Director of Talent Experience at Twitter, wants to build a culture of hyper obsession with candidates, recruiters, and hiring managers. He brings a fresh perspective to HR to solve the ever-growing challenge of finding the right people for roles, speedily, in a competitive and…
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To Work Flexibly, Be Flexible - EY, Director of Diversity & Inclusion, EMEIA, Fleur Bothwick
Fleur Bothwick, Director of Diversity & Inclusive Leadership at Earnst & Young for Europe, Middle East, India and Africa, talks about the future of work and diversity and how it’s ridiculous we are not absolutely littered with more people sharing roles today. She talks about how professionals...
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Flexibility as an Advantage for Companies - Telegraph Media Group, Head of Diversity & Inclusion, Asif Sadiq
What is diversity? Race, gender, ethnicity, cultural heritage, people with disabilities, sexual orientation, etc. It’s also all the things we try to make time for on any day – our interests, passions, values, situations. All of which encompass the notion of the “authentic self.” In this episode…
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Line Manager Empathy Enables Flexible Working - EKOMI, CPO, Tatjana Tasan
Line managers with young women in their families, who happen to be at the start of their careers, are more likely to approve flexible working arrangements and shared roles for their direct reports. This is what Tatjana Tasan identified, along with other findings, when she advocated for and…
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Men Can Flex - Aviva, Group Sustainability & Public Policy Director, Sam White and Will McDonald
Have you attached a persona to the concept of flexible working? If so, I bet few people imagined Sam White and Will McDonald - two fathers, sharing the executive role of Group Sustainability & Public Policy Director at Aviva. What started as a pilot to accommodate their personal lives with career...
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Millenials Expect More Than Fully-Stocked Kitchens - Forbes Contributor, Christine Michel Carter
Christine Michel Carter is a leading voice on the subject of black millennials and millennial moms with featured articles in Forbes, TIME, The New York Times, and many others. Millenials anticipate having career ultra marathons. Hear how their expectations will undoubtedly impact the future of…
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Enhance Diversity + Skills with Micro-teams - Boston Globe Media, CHRO, Claudia Henderson
Claudia Henderson, Chief Human Resources Officer at the Boston Media Group, shares her view on what it takes to drive change inside organizations and how sharing roles could potentially challenge biases, drive more leaders to appreciate diversity, and upskill individuals with utility skills...
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From Part Time to VP - Mastercard, VP Humanitarian and Development, Louise Holden
“Ask for more. Do more.” This was Louise Holden’s strategy when sharing a relationship management role at MasterCard – and in doing that, demonstrated to the business this was a working model that was commercially beneficial to them - while she got the flexibility she sought. Listen to Louise…
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"My top performers were a jobshare" - eCommerce Executive, Scott Dahlgren
Hear how a leader's open mind drove talent retention but also resulted in a top-performing roleshare team. We talk with Scott Dahlgren, an investor executive leader in eCommerce technology, who directly managed a client and partner-facing job share. Learn how the benefits far exceeded anyone’s...
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Flex Enabled Business Continuity - Nestle Waters, Head of Global Talent, and Diversity and Inclusion, Adele Cestari
Adele Cestari, Head of Global Talent, and Diversity and Inclusion at Nestle Waters, talks about trends that must be addressed for continuity of the business and her strategies to convert aspiration to action – some of which include role modeling of shared roles at senior levels. Listen to Adele…
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"Better Together" - Microsoft, Industry Solutions Executive, Helena Zaum and Ellen Wilson
Helena Zaum and Ellen Wilson share the role of Industry Solutions Executive at Microsoft. Hear how sharing this strategic role has given them the personal balance they seek, while progressing in their careers. Learn how this dynamic microteam pitched the concept of sharing a role, how they got…
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Augmenting People with People
We are in the fourth industrial revolution – where roles are being replaced by technology, but the fifth industrial revolution already started. It’s all about connecting back to our values and humanity – career flexibility is at the core of that, in societies where we have that luxury. At...
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Talk Roleshare explores themes around re-packaging work to enable a more diverse, sustainable and equitable workforce. Hear from leaders, companies, and enlightened HR professionals on the future of work, and how to build a more resilient workforce in the face of a shifting dynamic - from company-led to an individual-led workforce.#futureofwork #diversity #wellbeing #flexibility #careers Produced by Roleshare.com | Join the job share movement
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