Starvation in Gaza is destroying communities – and will leave generational scars Health and societal ramifications of extreme hunger will reverberate long after the war is over

excellent analysis of the genocide in gaza and the role food plays within it www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

Struggling with parental guilt as an NHS leader? The Leaders Plus NHS Fellowship helps you ditch guilt, embrace ambition & progress your career with young kids. Find out more and apply now: www.leadersplus.org/nhsfellowship #NHS #WorkingParents

Setting Boundaries Workbook - Leaders Plus Download our free Setting Boundaries Workbook to help you manage your leadership career whilst having a young family

Still at work even though it's the school holidays? Could do with some help on setting boundaries? If so, the below setting boundaries workbook will be of help I hope - we have had some brilliant feedback on it www.leadersplus.org/resources/bo...

Parents who are expecting face a career lottery: the line manager lottery. On my way to a @leadersplus.bsky.social event today to discuss how to solve this. Am so looking forward to getting together w like minded people again

How overlooking working parents is costing NHS trusts and what to do about it Verena Hefti shares how trusts can better support parents in the NHS workforce and what can prevent working parents from burning out and leaving.

🚩The Hidden Pitfalls Pushing NHS Working Parents to Leave. The result? Burnout, lost talent, and costly turnover. But these pitfalls are avoidable - writing for @nhsproviders.bsky.social CEO @vhefti.bsky.social highlights the pitfalls and what to do about them nhsproviders.org/news-blogs/b...

Sketch note full of words and a few pictures depicting a whole day of learning focused on vthe future of work

Four photos in a collage 1. Ten people standing, smiling at the camera2. Me taking a selfie on the 30th floor of a high rise building in Canary Wharf- behind me an amazing clear London skyline and lovely blue sky. 3. Same as 2 but no selfie and 4. Photo of five people round a table in a meeting

@leadersplus.bsky.social for Senior Directors session yesterday.

Lots of wisdom and reflection to build on - considering the future of work, and with it how to lead change

@vhefti.bsky.social @ruwanipurcell.bsky.social

Men’s concerns are real but backlash is not inevitable – the new rules guiding feminism Recognising that some men feel left behind doesn’t mean giving in to misogynists.

Backlash against feminism is not inevitable. Only ~10% globally think gender equality is a negative. Society has embraced the “masculinization” of women but hasn't yet enabled the “feminization” of men. We must enable boys and men to move beyond rigid masculinity. theconversation.com/mens-concern...

Why charity CEOs with children are crucial for social justice - ACEVO By Verena Hefti MBE, CEO Leaders Plus Leadership in the charity sector is a critical force for social change, yet it often mirrors the inequalities it seeks to address. Consider this: only 34% of the ...

Why having CEO who also care for children is a social justice issue. Article by @vhefti.bsky.social on @acevo.bsky.social www.acevo.org.uk/2025/02/why-...

Today at brilliant IWD event w London partners: female owned businesses are valued 32% lower than male owned businesses and only 0.7% of investment (venture capital funding) goes to women. Ouch! @leadersplus.bsky.social

Off to Canary Wharf for a focus group with our alumni and employer partners for a workshop to update our theory of change - an important document for our social enterprise defining what change we want to make in society and how we will measure our impact. Thanks for hosting us HSBC!

Stressed but well dressed podcast Season 7 Episode 3 Lookism and why it is pretty problematic

I spoke about lookism bias against women w/ Dahlia Stroud for the Stressed But Well Dressed Podcast. Lookism is traditionally defined as a beauty bias. However, for women, no matter what the women looked like, they were criticized or discriminated against. open.spotify.com/episode/7cBB...

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Identity Characteristic Study Identity Characteristic Study

Women: You are invited to participate in a study of how identity characteristics influence women’s experiences of bias at work. Fill out the brief survey here: amy-diehl.com/study
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Calling women ‘household objects’ now permitted on Facebook after Meta updated its guidelines | CNN Business Meta on Tuesday announced sweeping changes to how it moderates content that will roll out in the coming months, including doing away with professional fact checking. But the company also quietly updat...

Meta quietly updated its hateful conduct policy to allow users to refer to "women as household objects or property" among other offensive language.

Sketch note summarising key reflections from a full day on a leadership development course for senior leaders who are parents - a4 page full of text and a few drawings

Photo of twelve women standing in a row and smiling at the camera. In a room high above Canary Wharf. Out the window you can peel at Londons skyline

Photo taken out of the window on the 30th floor in Canada Square, Canary Wharf- photo shows the skyline and a little of the river Thames. In the distance the shard is just visible

Thought provoking day on the senior directors fellowship with @leadersplus.bsky.social considering:

- the power of networks 💥
- how to get comfy with self-promotion 🙋🏼‍♀️
- reputation management

Thanks to those journeying with me (only @vhefti.bsky.social & @ruwanipurcell.bsky.social on here?)

Loving the wintery feeling on the way to deliver the @leadersplus.bsky.social Senior Directors workshop with fireside chat on reputation management and an expert on story telling - as a Swiss in London I crave sub zero temperatures!