The Menopause Maze: Making Midlife Leadership a Strategic L&D Priority with Fiona McKay #162
In the episode, Nick Day is joined on The HR L&D Podcast by Fiona McKay, founder of The Menopause Maze, to unpack how menopause affects leadership performance, talent pipelines, and boardroom readiness.
Title: 🌟 The Menopause Maze: Making Midlife Leadership a Strategic L&D Priority with Fiona McKay #162 🌟
Host: 🎙️ Nick Day, CEO of specialist HR Recruitment Agency, JGA Recruitment Group
Guest: 👤 Fiona McKay, Founder, The Menopause Maze
Episode Overview:
🔊 In this insightful episode of The HR L&D Podcast, host Nick Day is joined by Fiona Mckay from The Menopause Maze. You will learn why a symptom-only lens misses the real career impacts, how the “invisible filter” quietly shapes who gets promoted, and what HR and L&D can do to turn menopause into a leadership advantage.
Key Topics Discussed in this Episode:
- Moving menopause from policy to strategic L&D and leadership priority.
- Focusing on career impacts, not just symptoms like confidence dips, risk aversion, and loss of visibility.
- Tackling retention and the “invisible filter” that stalls senior women’s careers.
- Using data-driven tools like the No Pause Scorecard to track performance and leadership outcomes.
- Breaking shame, silence, and stigma to build inclusive, high-performance cultures.
Useful Links From This Episode:
- Workplace Scorecard
- 👤 Host Nick Day LinkedIn Profile
- 📢 JGA HR Recruitment
- 🎧 Check out our sister podcast, The Payroll Podcast
HR LEADERS – I CALL YOU ALL TO ACTION! 📢
If you have any HR or L&D that require the support of a specialist HR recruitment agency, please contact JGA Recruitment Group! We can also support executive coaching and consulting services supporting HR leaders towards transformative leadership and sustainable growth. Contact Nick at [email protected] or call at 01727800377.
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