This week, Kate welcomes Isa Notermans, the Global Head of People and Culture at Linktree. Originally from Melbourne, Isa has 15 years of experience in working with top companies such as Google, Pandora, Spotify, and now Linktree in hiring, retaining, and advancing talent. She joins the show to talk about what’s happening in the socio-political landscape when it comes to extended parental leave, the importance of women advocating for themselves, and how to navigate conversations around parental leave in the workplace.
What You’ll Hear In This Episode:
- Why is it so important for women to advocate for parental leave?
- What are the consequences of new mothers going back to work before they feel ready, or not having a long enough break?
- Isa talks about how to negotiate time off, and what to do when you don’t feel supported by your higher-ups.
- What about the perspective that women will just use the time for needless vacation?
- Employers should not put all of the burden on preparing for parental leave on the person taking the time off.
- Isa and Kate discuss the Build Back Better Bill, and how it encompasses a number of different programs for development in the country.
- How can companies create a better, more welcoming slow build to welcome back employees after their leave?
- Advocating for yourself is vital, and mothers should feel confident about relying on their community to pitch in and help.
- Isa talks about the templates of c-creation that you can use to make your transition out of work, and back, even more seamless.
- How to prepare your childcare strategy before you return to the workplace.
- Employers and organizations must realize that when a working parent returns, they need to continue to be supported, and to go at a pace that suits them as they get reacclimated.
