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 nick@jgarecruitment.com or call at 01727800377.
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