THP Webinar - How to Escape Menopause Misery without Synthetic Hormones & Menopause at Work: Understanding What Works and What Does Not

With midlife women being the fastest-growing sector of the workforce, businesses are waking up to the fact that menopause is affecting gender balance, retention and the bottom line.

A recent poll found that:

• 99% felt their menopause symptoms negatively impacted their career
• 59% had taken time off work – 18% for more than eight weeks
• 49% know little to nothing about menopause
• 49% ‘have no intention of taking HRT’

Bringing their different perspectives, Sarah and Tatiana will discuss how we can improve the experience of menopausal women at work. You will be invited to join and contribute to the conversation, which will explore:

• the what and when of menopause – the three phases and 49 symptoms
• why menopause has become a workplace issue
• how best to get results with natural medicine

With midlife women being the fastest-growing sector of the workforce, businesses are waking up to the fact that menopause is affecting the bottom line. A recent poll found that 99% felt their menopause symptoms negatively impacted on their career, with 59% having taken time off work – 18% for more than eight weeks.

Other surveys have shown that half of women know little to nothing about menopause, and more than half don’t want to (or can’t) take HRT. So this webinar will explain the what, when and why of menopause, as well as how to best get results with natural medicine.

By the time Sarah was in her mid-40s, she had spent seven years in international sales and 14 years as a consultant, coach and trainer in organisational innovation, creativity and organisational change. The pressure of an intense job working for clients such as Coca-Cola, HSBC and Unilever, together with motherhood, caused her (she now realises with hindsight) to crash into perimenopause. Completely unable to cope with her life or work, and on the edge of burnout, she went to a homeopath for help. She was so impressed with the results that she embarked on a three-year Bachelor of Science in Homeopathic Medicine. Now, 13 years later, as a natural menopause expert, she runs a thriving practice treating women 40+ struggling with peri/menopause. She also uses her clinical and personal experience of menopause to provide organisations with talks, workshops, online programmes and support groups.

This session will take a critical perspective on how to create supportive workplaces for menopausal women. We will discuss diverse experiences and their implications for policies and practice. The session will conclude with how getting this right can be beneficial to all workers (not only menopausal employees).

Dr Tatiana Rowson is a social psychologist and gerontologist, and a lecturer at Henley Business School, University of Reading, UK. Tatiana is the Programme Area Director for Business and Management (undergraduates) and is responsible for the personal development of students in MBA and undergraduate programmes.

Her research focus is on ageing at work, retirement, silver entrepreneurship and the experiences of older workers in multigenerational workplaces. She is particularly interested in how midlife transitions impact on health and wellbeing, work participation and retirement patterns, as well as how individuals make sense of, and respond to, changing circumstances at identity and behavioural levels.

Prior to joining academia, Tatiana worked as an organisational psychology consultant and executive coach to several high-profile national and international, public and private sector organisations in the UK, Brazil and the United Arab Emirates, operating in various sectors including banking and finance, pharmaceuticals, healthcare, media, energy and manufacturing. Originally trained as a counselling and clinical psychologist, Tatiana is a qualified executive coach and coaching supervisor, and an honorary founding member of the Association for Coaching.

You would benefit from attending if you are:

• a woman aged 35+ (perimenopause starts in your 40s while you still have a cycle)
• a leader, manager or colleague (male or female) of women aged 35+
• in HR and involved in retention, D&I, succession planning, talent management or workplace wellbeing

This session is open to all employees of Henley Partnership members.