Big Careers, Small Children - Jane Beeston (Colart) - How Being a Parent Positively Impacted My Senior Leadership Career, Imposter Syndrome & Bringing Your Whole Self to Work

Jane Beeston (Colart) - How Being a Parent Positively Impacted My Senior Leadership Career, Imposter Syndrome & Bringing Your Whole Self to Work

02/02/22 • 44 min

My guest today is Jane Beeston, Chief People Officer for Colart (the global market leader for art materials) and mother to two grown up boys.
Becoming a Chief People Officer is the pinnacle of a career in Human Resources and Jane shares with us how being a parent has positively impacted her senior leadership career trajectory, including how having children has allowed her to bring her whole self to work and contributed to her personal development and growth.
This conversation is especially interesting because Jane practices what she preaches having responsibility for peoples work place and she shares with us how she makes those decisions at Colart.

We also discuss:

How being a parent positively impacted Jane's career
Imposter syndrome and how to overcome it
How to build your confidence at work
Bringing your whole self to work
Speaking without emotion about pay rises
Moving to China for her career
Why Colart are champions of flexible working

Jane was one of the earliest champions of our social enterprise and is passionate about supporting leaders with babies to progress their careers. We hope you enjoy the discussion and find the advice shared valuable.
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We also discuss:

How being a parent positively impacted Jane's career
Imposter syndrome and how to overcome it
How to build your confidence at work
Bringing your whole self to work
Speaking without emotion about pay rises
Moving to China for her career
Why Colart are champions of flexible working

Follow Leaders Plus on Twitter @leaders_plus and find out more about our work, including details of our award-winning Fellowship Programme and our latest events.

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Elliott Rae - Equal Parenting, Masculinity & Dads Mental Health

Our guest this week is Elliott Rae, the Founder of Music Football Fatherhood, a support forum often referred to as 'Mumsnet for Dads' and author of the best-selling book, “Dad - Untold Stories of Fatherhood, Love, Mental Health and Masculinity.
Elliott left his senior career in the civil service following the traumatic birth of his daughter and is a passionate advocate of men's mental health. His own experience of PTSD inspired him to write the book, Dad, in which Elliott and 19 other dads open up about their honest experiences of fatherhood.
We discuss:

Dads' mental health and recognising the signs you need help
How to achieve true equal parenting
Why you need to have open conversations about parenting before becoming a parent
Toxic masculinity and positive masculinity

Eliott will be presenting the BBCOne show 'Becoming Dad' on Wed 26 Jan 22 at 7.30pm, as part of the #WeAreEngland series. Do tune in or look out for it on iPlayer.
Connect with Elliott on LinkedIn and on Twitter at @iamElliottRae
Plus head to www.musicfootballfatherhood.com to buy the book and access more resources.
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Vicky Fox (The Supreme Court) - Becoming a CEO, Working Flexibly & Making Brave Career Decisions

Our guest today is Chief Executive of The Supreme Court, Vicky Fox.
A mum of 3 boys (now young adults), Vicky has made some tough decisions for her career and family life. Including putting her career progression on hold and making the brave decision to leave a specialist career whilst her children were younger before reigniting her work ambitions with a new role later on in her career.
Vicky is an incredible role model and her approach to life is honest and refreshing. Particularly when discussing prioritising her sons and how she will always take their calls during work meetings if they need her.
The discussion includes:

Making brave career decisions
Why family will always come first
Working part-time in a senior position
Imposter syndrome and why everyone has it
How to become a CEO
The skills you need when going for the most senior positions
People pleasing and how to combat it
Balancing the mental load and the power of structured conversations
Perfectionism and being kind to yourself

We hope you enjoy this week's conversation.

Connect with Vicky on LinkedIn here and find out more about the work of The Supreme Court.

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