Why so many midlife women are revolting - Dr Lucy Ryan - Middling Along
My guest this time is Dr Lucy Ryan, Lucy is a leadership coach, consultant, author, and a passionate advocate for women’s professional development. She has a Masters in Positive Psychology, lectures in Positive Leadership at the University of East London and is an honorary research fellow at the University of Liverpool. Her doctoral research project explored the phenomenon of midlife for professional women and resulted in the publication of her latest book gloriously entitled Revolting Women: Why midlife women are walking out and what to do about it
In our conversation we talk about:
How Lucy struggled to get a University to accept the topic of her PhD
The ‘tsunami of stuff’ that converges for many of us in midlife forcing many to a point where they feel they have no choice but to step out of their role
How elder care is ‘flying under the radar’ in terms of workplace policies
How the ‘Career Clock’ typically looks different for men and women
How women are ‘revolting' against the insistence on full time work
Lucy’s Ten Provocations for Change in organisations (including normalising conversations around menopause, adding gendered ageism to their diversity data, finding out why women are actually leaving, and conducting midlife check-ins for all employees)
The need for conversation around creative solutions for job flexibility, squiggly careers and the 50 year career
Why sponsorship (as opposed to mentorship) matters so much
Can't wait for you to listen!
You can find more about Lucy and her work at : https://www.lucyryan.co.uk and find her on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drlucyryan/