© Thea O’Connor, Director, Menopause at Work®. Leaders are increasingly being called upon to be fluent in and responsive to a wide range of personal, health and social issues that can affect employee wellbeing — from mental health and domestic violence to financial stress and gender identity. Women’s health is now receiving more attention in…

© Thea O’Connor Menopause-aware workplaces begin with acknowledgement, conversation and capable leaders. Menopause isn’t just a fact of life – it’s a fact of business. It can affect engagement, loyalty, retention of midlife women and your leadership pipeline.  It therefore makes good business sense for employers to make their organisations menopause-aware so they can retain…

QBE is a founding partner of Family Friendly Workplaces and proudly one of the first organisations to be certified as a Family Inclusive Workplace.  Menopause at Work® Asia Pacific has been supporting them to embed menopause awareness and support through advisory services and workplace programs for employees, managers and leaders. When Krystine received an email…

In this week’s Menopause Monday chat, I look into the different ways different cultures view menopause. The culture we live in can have radically different ideas about what this life stage is all about. Given that culture can have a significant impact on our self-concept, it makes sense to reflect on the cultural beliefs we…

In this special World Orca Day edition of Menopause Monday, Thea O’Connor introduces The Orca Effect—a powerful perspective that reframes menopause as a time of leadership, wisdom, and strength. Drawing on research into orca pods, she explains how post-menopausal female whales play a vital role in guiding their groups, especially in tough times, thanks to…