Talk Roleshare
Business & Economics Podcasts
Talk Roleshare explores themes around re-packaging work to enable a more diverse, sustainable and equitable workforce. Hear from leaders, companies, and enlightened HR professionals on the future of work, and how to build a more resilient workforce in the face of a shifting dynamic - from company-led to an individual-led workforce. #futureofwork #diversity #wellbeing #flexibility #careers Produced by Roleshare.com | Join the job share movement
Location:
United Kingdom
Description:
Talk Roleshare explores themes around re-packaging work to enable a more diverse, sustainable and equitable workforce. Hear from leaders, companies, and enlightened HR professionals on the future of work, and how to build a more resilient workforce in the face of a shifting dynamic - from company-led to an individual-led workforce. #futureofwork #diversity #wellbeing #flexibility #careers Produced by Roleshare.com | Join the job share movement
Twitter:
@roleshare
Language:
English
Website:
https://roleshare.com/
Email:
team@roleshare.com
Episodes
Taking Action for Gender Equality: Practical Tips for Individuals and Organizations
3/31/2023
Joy Burnford, founder of Encompass Equality, is a gender equality advocate. Joy’s journey began with a crisis of confidence in a male-dominated workplace and she has since dedicated her life to help women develop their confidence, and inspire organisations to create a better workplace experience for all. In this episode, she highlights common workplace practices that perpetuate gender inequality, such as lack of flexibility and gender bias in promotions. Joy shares insights from her book...
Duration:00:19:29
Virgin Media O2 Leaders Share Their Secrets to Successful Job-Sharing
3/15/2023
Sarah O'Connor and Annella Osborne job share the Head of Go to Market at Virgin Media O2. With different career backgrounds, they bring unique experiences and perspectives to the decision-making process, resulting in increased efficiency. They share their strategies for effective communication, prioritizing tasks, and creating light touch handover documents. Tune in to this episode of Talk Roleshare to discover how their job-sharing partnership has proven to be an effective approach for...
Duration:00:19:59
Breaking Barriers: The Rise of Job Sharing in Senior-Level Roles at BT
2/27/2023
On this week's episode of Talk Roleshare we interview Aurorah Cheney and Kate Jackson Wendelboe. They are the co-directors of strategy and growth at BT security, and they have one of the first director-level job shares at the company. Kate and Aurorah share with us their experience in job sharing, how they manage their team, and the benefits and challenges they have faced so far. If you are interested in learning more about job sharing and how it can work at the director level, you won't...
Duration:00:14:04
Unlock unicorn talent: How job sharing can help build your dream team
1/12/2023
"The power is bringing people who think differently and who maybe have a different outlook on life, together." This week on Talk Roleshare we discuss the importance of job sharing in the workplace with Laura Walker and Chloe Fletcher, who job share the Senior Finance Director Transformation position a ASDA. We explore how job sharing offers unique benefits to businesses, such as creating a "unicorn employee" with different skill sets and perspectives, and the importance of multi-generational...
Duration:00:28:55
Diversity-focused investing: An ethics lawyer's view
1/9/2023
Off the back of Covid, new ways of working, remote, hybrid, and the wider adoption of AI technology - the traditional corporate world is on the brink of a radical shift. Companies like Roleshare are creating new sustainable opportunities and true diversity in staffing for the workforce. And this, as Kevin Withane, founder of Diversity X, points out meets his aspirations as a "recovering" ethics lawyer, and now investor.
Duration:00:15:40
The benefits of job sharing in marketing for mothers
1/3/2023
Let's kick imposter syndrom's ass. That is precisely what Claire Ferreira is on mission to achieve with her growing community of mothers working in marketing. Mums in Marketing helps mothers in the marketing industry by providing resources and advice to help them succeed in returning to work and managing their career. In this Talk Roleshare podcast episode we discuss the challenges working moms are facing in the marketing industry and what can be done about it.
Duration:00:16:18
Give your managers more bandwidth, ask them to hire job shares.
11/28/2022
Nicola Golding is an absolute job share rockstar. She has shared three positions in the UK government Civil Service, and today shares the role of Head of Strategic Projects at the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. The arrangement benefits the organization by allowing for coaching and feedback between the partners, low maintenance requirements from their manager and increased energy levels throughout the workweek. Learn more about the future of work and job sharing at...
Duration:00:20:30
Handing over the reigns: how to make job sharing work
11/11/2022
People unfamiliar with job sharing might wonder about duplication in a job share or how the partners will hand over responsibilities effectively. I recently met Liz Morgan, who was in a very successful senior job share as HR manager at the National Autistic Society in the UK. She and her partner, Dawn, attribute their joint success to their very effective handover, which, in their experience, also added incremental value to the business. Listen to Liz on Talk Roleshare as she explains how...
Duration:00:09:21
A 1-minute story - Building a more equitable and empathetic world through job sharing.
11/3/2022
Learn how this charity in the Netherlands working with Roleshare may have just painted the path to a better future through job sharing.
Duration:00:01:12
What is the future of work in an exponential age?
11/2/2022
Hear from Azeem Azhar author of Exponential – a book about how "Accelerating Technology Is Leaving Us Behind and What to Do About It." We talk about how productivity, creativity, and innovation have increased in the last few years due to available technology tools and our ability to deliver working from…well, anywhere. And how stability in the future of work will feel a little bit like skiing. I should mention Azeem is an investor in Roleshare – so we’re doubly thankful for that and for...
Duration:00:25:13
How to marry purpose and ambition within the construct of the workforce today?
10/19/2022
There is a revolution happening in HR. The rebels vs. the traditionalists. There is a yearning and a need for a novel mindset in HR. Listen to David Reay, SVP People at Condé Nast, as he shares how his diverse career experiences, and startup principles, has shaped his view on HR and how that marries itself to the shift in the workforce from company-lead to individual-led.
Duration:00:34:10
You've heard of serial job sharers?
2/23/2022
Meet "serial job sharers" Rhiannon Clapperton and Lisa Watch. What does that even mean? "Serial Job Sharers." Well they've shared not just one, two, but three jobs together at three different companies,and twice were hired together as a pair for a new role!
Today, they are co-Directors of Communications and External Affairs managing a team together and reporting into the CEO at Kinship - a charity for kinship carers to children. Together they are a great example of the potential of job...
Duration:00:24:02
Promotions. Sci-fi Books. Kids. Ageing Parents - How This HP Exec Achieved It All.
11/29/2021
This finance executive was promoted three times at a global IT company, managing teams up to 120 people in Europe, Middle East and Africa over the course of 10 years. The leader was praised for high employee satisfaction scores and team spiritedness. On the personal life front,the executive managed to write a science fiction book while also caring for young and growing children and looking after aging parents. For most people, this would lead to burnout or negatively impact performance at...
Duration:00:23:04
How "job sharing" can boost diversity of the underrepresented at work.
10/25/2021
Nabeela Virji is the Equity, Inclusion and Diversity lead at X, The Moonshot Factory, formerly Google X. We talk about how feeling safe to share at work is key to equity, inclusion and diversity, from feeling safe and supported to share the reality of our lives and our situations, to sharing jobs for greater diversity and opportunity. Diversity drives innovation, innovation drives revenue. Simple mathematics. Learn how you can square that with job sharing with Roleshare.
Duration:00:21:13
You Can Do It in Law, You Can Do It Anywhere - Allen & Overy, Head of HR, Alison Pullen
2/10/2021
Career progression meets career flexibility in a sector known for putting in more time – the legal sector. Alison Pullen, one of the Heads of HR at Allen & Overy, an international law firm, talks about how companies can sometimes get stuck doing things the old way because it’s worked. She explains how being open and different about ways of working can make companies more market leading, and retain and attract top talent. During her 20-year tenure at Allen & Overy, Alison shared a role and...
Duration:00:26:45
Productivity is a Byproduct of Connectivity - Workplace From Facebook
12/2/2020
The norm is limited by what is possible. Technology widens what is possible and puts the norm under the spotlight. Is the norm the best way? Look at companies like Uber, Airbnb. Think back about your reaction when you first heard of their business model. Surprised, intrigued, curious, uncomfortable perhaps? When people hear about Roleshare.com, sometimes their reaction is based on the norm. Surprised, intrigued, curious, uncomfortable. Historically, sharing a role has been for the lucky who...
Duration:00:19:14
Don't Choose Between the Best Talent - Get Both.
10/15/2020
Imagine you’re looking to fill a PR leadership role and you see this CV land. Sr Reporter at Newsquest, Sr. PR Manager at eBay, Chief Reporter at Clarke White Publishing, Editor at Mobile News, Global Head of Communications at Cobra Group, Director of PR at Bryden Wood, Director of External Communications at Lastminute.com, Director of Communications at LinkedIn. We’re talking about nearly 40 years experience, it would be very difficult to find this level of targeted expertise in a single...
Duration:00:42:42
Jobshare & Order - A Detective Story
9/23/2020
When you think male dominated industries, what do you think about? Well, imagine being a woman, a mother, make that a mother of twins who needs career flexibility, as a detective in the metropolitan police. That was Ellie Pyemont. Ellie served as a detective jobshare on a public inquiry about Undercover Policing. On this Talk Roleshare episode Hear how Ellie and her partner secured and succeeded in the jobshare on highly sensitive, high profile inquiry.
Duration:00:25:28
The Real Benefits of a VP Roleshare at Unilever
9/2/2020
Unilever has achieved 50/50 gender balance in their leadership roles and their openness to shared roles certainly contributes to that. Dr. Shelagh Muir and Jane Maciver share the role of VP Research and Development at Unilever. This is the second role they’re sharing at Unilever. Hear first hand why they chose this roleshare working model, how they secured it, and how they succeed in it. Learn why success is about the individuals and the role design, rather than the role itself. Any doubts...
Duration:00:40:39
Why Sharing a Role is Great for Seniority - Mumsnet CEO, Justine Roberts
8/5/2020
Justine Roberts is an inspiring example of a woman entrepreneur. She started Mumsnet – the UKs most popular website for parents - after becoming the mother of twins. We spoke ahead of covid. It’s ironic, eerie, whatever you want to call it. We talked about the difficulties of working remotely with kids at home, and the burden of childcare on women’s careers. Little did we know all of this would become exponentially true in just a few weeks with the lockdowns. Empathy, understanding – these...
Duration:00:23:41