‘’This person said to me - if you want to progress, you need to learn to not cry.’’
Hannah is Head of Compliance at Lockton, an insurance broker and a trustee and board director of Ella’s, a charity works with women who have survived trafficking and sexual exploitation.
In this conversation we explore Hannah’s professional conundrum - she longs to be a role-model for women in her industry to show them it is possible to be in a position of leadership and have a family, yet she is frustrated with the slow changes in gender equality and the battles she faces on a daily basis at work.
She isn’t sure she can stay much longer in the system, not to mention the other parts of herself she wants to explore - baking, being in nature; just BEING. How can she show up for these women and also show up for herself?
In this episode we explore:
Hannah’s frustrations with gender equality in the corporate world.
People being surprised that someone at her level is married with kids.
How the skills that people learn being new parents should be seen as transferable skills in the workplace.
Do we always have to affect change from within an organisation? Or are there other ways to influence change?
How it’s still not okay for women to be emotional at work.
Having open conversations about menopause, menstrual cycles with colleagues at work and building workplaces around the menstrual cycle.
The financial logistics when transitioning from a career to running your own project and how to start taking by small steps.
Bringing more 'being' into the day-to-day.
Useful links:
Hannah: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hannah-pring-compliance/
'If men had periods' blog: https://www.redschool.net/blog/if-men-had-periods
Knowing When to Quit - Instagram - @knowingwhentoquit
Podcast homepage - www.sarahweiler.com/podcast/
Editor - Johnny Hall / Music - Sarah Weiler / Artwork - Tom Pauling
This was recorded in November 2020 during lockdown
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