Podcast: How to support colleagues experiencing menopause

World Menopause Day is marked on 18 October.

To coincide with this year’s annual awareness day, I’m publishing this Candid Comms episode featuring Sue Palfrey, Head of Internal Communication, Community and Engagement at Viridor.

During our candid conversation Sue and I discuss:

• How to support colleagues experiencing perimenopause or menopause
• Jargon busting the terminology
• What role should IC play?
• What’s the impact on colleagues?
• Our personal experiences
• What data shows us.

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Thank you to Sue for being such a fantastic guest, and to Debbie West and the team at Audere Communications.

You can access the transcript via this link.

Resources mentioned in this episode

• Institute of Internal Communication Masters in IC qualification
• How to support employees through the menopause blog post
• Channel 4’s menopause policy
• Henpicked, Menopause in the Workplace – https://menopauseintheworkplace.co.uk
• British Menopause Society
• Bupa –News and information toolkit for businesses
• The Dr Louise Newson podcast
• How to work well with HR Candid Comms podcast episode
• I recommend reading Davina McCall and Dr Naomi Potter’s book, Menopausing.

Examples of menopause policies

• Age UK’s menopause policy
• Channel 4’s menopause policy
• NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde’s menopause policy
• NHS Wales’ menopause policy
• NHS Hull’s menopause policy
• London Southbank University’s menopause policy
• NASUWT’s menopause policy.

Resources recommended by by Chartered Institute of Personnel Development (CIPD)