When I read the Careers After Babies report I knew we had to talk about it on the podcast.  The stories and statistics within it show the stark reality of how many women’s careers are impacted by motherhood.  It’s a must read for anyone in the workplace who has children, wants to have children or wants to be a leader or employer that supports working parents. I’m joined by guest Jess Heagren, author of the Careers After Babies report to discuss its findings and what we can do to improve this situation.  We talk about how equal parenting and shared parental leave make a huge difference, why we see a drop in women at management level after parenthood and how long it takes careers to recover after having a child. MORE ABOUT JESS Jess Heagren is an ex Financial Services Director, mother of four, award-winning CEO of That Works For Me, and author of landmark report Careers After Babies. On a personal mission to keep more parents in the workplace, Jess works with businesses to make them better employers for parents through the Careers After Babies accreditation programme and supports hiring through That Works For Me, home to thousands of parents seeking flexible work. Read the Careers After Babies report at the report here - https://www.thatworksforme.co.uk/guides-and-tools/careers-after-babies  Find out about the accreditation at https://www.thatworksforme.co.uk/guides-and-tools/careers-after-babies-accreditation FOLLOW JESS Twitter - https://twitter.com/that_worksforme  Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessica-heagren/  LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/that-works-for-me/?viewAsMember=true  Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/that_works_for_me/?hl=en  Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/thatworksforme  YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFFnLUhExUsTsrBrdOnIHjg?view_as=subscriber    You may also enjoy these related episodes: -        Equality at Home with Clare Twelvetrees - https://pod.link/1435136477/episode/1ff00341d846a9bfe3e546b0ad55b1fe -        Setting boundaries as a working parent with Rachel Vecht - https://pod.link/1435136477/episode/142ba5c939356fd2a5473cb20ef27d94 -        Why we’re not aiming fort work-life balance with Jessica Chivers - https://pod.link/1435136477/episode/aa3943e3b5545cf39ab7e469b0623182 -        Successful job sharing with The Job Share pair - https://pod.link/1435136477/episode/ce2a2ca870f509053f6fcca70b39b9e2 -        Returning from parental leave with confidence with Lizzie Martin - https://pod.link/1435136477/episode/929e47d10463b66d49d983d12f9307ba WORK WITH ME As well as coaching women leaders to have more influence, make more impact and be kinder to themselves in my programme Influence & Impact, I also give keynotes and run workshops, courses and programmes to organisations wanting to develop, support and retain women and close the gender pay gap. Get in touch to find out more or book a call with me. Keynotes, training and coaching: https://www.carlamillertraining.com/employers Influence & Impact: https://www.carlamillertraining.com/influence-impact   CONNECT WITH ME LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlamiller1/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thisiscarlamiller/ Website: https://www.carlamillertraining.com/   HOW CAN I SUPPORT THE PODCAST? Subscribe Share this episode with a friend Leave a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify   I would love to hear your feedback on this week’s podcast. Please leave a review or come say hello on social! Thank you for listening, see you next week!