This week we're chatting to the absolutely fab Elizabeth Willetts. After being made redundant during the pandemic, she founded Investing in Women, and she has since written her first book, Flex, which is now available for pre-order. In this episode we discuss her journey, tips for returning to work, Elizabeth's personal story of feeling like she lost herself and her confidence during 4 years of fertility struggles and IVF, but also how she regained her confidence in motherhood and found fulfilment in using her recruitment experience to change the working landscape for mothers and parents for the better.

In this episode we chat about:

Elizabeth's why behind starting Investing In Women
Tips for finding and getting good part time roles
Defining flexible working
Importance of flexible working for all genders - men, women, dads, mums, carers
Biggest misconceptions about flexible and part time working
Motherhood making you more productive, time as the most precious commodity
Productivity crisis and how flexible working and part time working could be the key to fixing this
The transition from being employed to starting your own business
Working more hours starting her business, but working around the kids, working school hours and structuring her time
Difficulties starting your own business
Why being made redundant was the best thing that ever happened to her
Advantages of entrepreneurship and the juggling act of building a business with young children
Putting your hand up, articulating your value and advancing your career whether you want full time or part time roles
Conditioning of women to keep their heads down and waiting to be recognised
Learning to blow our own trumpets!
Don’t be afraid to take up space, stop making yourself small
Assertiveness and writing emails as women
How and why motherhood made her more confident
Losing herself during 4 years of fertility struggles, having her daughter through IVF, the resilience she found because of it
Advice for anyone going through or considering IVF, finding a doctor, the dangers of the google rabbit hole
What’s helpful to say to someone going through IVF, and what not to say
Tips to rebuild your confidence
Self development
Thinking about your definition of success
Elizabeth’s new book Flex!

Flex is available for pre order from Waterstones here. You can connect with Elizabeth on LinkedIn here and via her website here.

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Returning to work tips, the flexible work revolution, losing yourself in IVF & getting your spark back with Elizabeth Willets, Founder of Investing In Women (& author of Flex)

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