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Fellow Insight: Five Transformational Insights from the Leaders Plus Fellowship That Changed How I Work and Live

Posted February 3, 2026February 3, 2026 Helen FraserLeave a commentPosted in Blog, Fellowship Quote, Leaders Plus Fellow Blog, Leaders Plus Fellowship, Leaders Plus Profile, Opinion, Working Parents

2024 Fellow Samantha Eades shares how the Fellowship impacted her career and family life. In this blog she shares her […]

How to be Present at Home: Practical Ways to Connect and Thrive

Posted October 7, 2025October 8, 2025 Helen FraserLeave a commentPosted in Blog

Balancing a big career with being truly present at home can often feel like walking a tightrope. Recently, two new […]

If We Don’t Shape the Future of Work, Who Will?

Posted January 7, 2025January 8, 2025 VHeftiLeave a commentPosted in Blog

I founded Leaders Plus as a catalyst for change, driven by the vision of achieving greater gender equality in senior […]

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5 Tips to Ensure a Smooth Primary School Transition

Posted June 17, 2021April 20, 2022 Lynne PeacheyLeave a commentPosted in Guest blog, Leaders Plus, Leaders Plus Fellowship

Nervous about the Primary School Transition? Hear from Lucy Duszczak, one of our past Fellows, about how she made the […]

3 Top Tips for Managing Home Schooling During the Pandemic

3 Tips for Managing Homeschooling During the Pandemic

Posted February 15, 2021February 17, 2021 Lynne PeacheyLeave a commentPosted in Leaders Plus, Leaders Plus Fellowship, Opinion

Homeschooling During the Pandemic? We asked our Fellow and Consultant Psychiatrist Dr Suhana Ahmed for her top 3 tips. Including why […]

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How Becoming a Mum has Made me a Better Leader

Posted January 25, 2021January 6, 2022 Lynne PeacheyLeave a commentPosted in Leaders Plus Fellow Blog

Leaders Plus Fellow Ruth Stuart, Head of Strategy Development at the CIPD shares how becoming a mum had made her a […]

4 Tips for a Successful Return to Work From Maternity Leave, Shared Parental Leave and Adoption Leave

Posted December 15, 2020June 18, 2025 Lynne PeacheyLeave a commentPosted in Leaders Plus, Leaders Plus Fellowship, Opinion

Our CEO and Founder, Verena Hefti, has supported hundreds of parents returning to work from maternity leave, shared parental leave, […]

3 Things Employers Can Do to Close the Gender Pay Gap

3 Things Employers Can do to Close the Gender Pay Gap

Posted November 19, 2020December 10, 2020 Lynne PeacheyLeave a commentPosted in Gender Pay Gap, Leaders Plus Fellowship, Opinion

Friday, November 20th is #EqualPayDay in the UK, the day in the year when women effectively, on average, stop earning […]

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Why I Set Up Leaders Plus

Posted September 16, 2020September 16, 2020 Lynne PeacheyLeave a commentPosted in Leaders Plus Fellowship

CEO and Founder of Leaders Plus Verena Hefti shares the vision behind our social enterprise and why many women don’t […]

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