Employers
The business case for positively addressing the menopause is very strong. Menopausal women are the fastest growing demographic in the UK workforce. Proactive menopause engagement will mean your organisation will benefit from greater resilience in terms of wellbeing leading to increased productivity, increased morale, increased engagement, reduced recruitment costs and reduced sickness absence costs. You will also protect your organisation from the potential cost of employee relations issues and employment tribunals.
The members of the Menopause Team work with large and small organisations across a variety of sectors. The team can help your organisation create an effective culture of openness and trust by developing a menopause strategy and policy, as well as delivering menopause awareness sessions and training workshops for all employees, team leaders and managers.
Addressing the challenges of the menopause can sometimes be overwhelming for those experiencing disruptive symptoms, colleagues and managers can feel confused about how to respond. As more women than ever are in employment, now is the time for organisations to take positive action and engage with menopause awareness for all.
The role of line managers and team leaders in positively supporting and understanding women experiencing menopausal symptoms is crucial to broader organisation success. Menopause awareness and training will help your front line managers support the women in their team who are experiencing mid-life challenges.
At the heart of The Menopause Team’s education is up-to-date evidence-based menopause material which provides insight into the effects of the menopause, support for those experiencing it, and practical menopause management advice and workplace considerations for leaders and managers.
Choose women only menopause sessions, men only sessions, mixed sessions or team leader/manager sessions. Engage with us to maintain a positive approach to menopause wellbeing.
Menopause awareness sessions last for up to 90 minutes and include a slide deck presentation and question and answer session. Awareness sessions can take place on Zoom, Teams or at a site specific location of your choice. Contact The Menopause Team to book your menopause awareness sessions.
Bespoke menopause workshops cover all aspects of the menopause as well as how to have effective menopause conversations with team members, employment law and what menopause support looks life in reality. The workshops help women and men feel confident when discussing the menopause in a professional context. Workshops can take place on Zoom, Teams or at a site specific location of your choice. Contact The Menopause Team to book your menopause workshops.
Additional options for positive menopause management include:
Psychotherapy for menopause
It is wise to consult a GP to investigate any challenging menopause symptoms. In tandem with this, it is important for women to also address what might be going on from an emotional and mental health perspective, psychotherapy can really help in this situation. Email The Menopause Team for more information about how your employees can receive support from a psychotherapist.
Yoga for menopause
Yoga for menopause is all about staying cool, calm and collected. You want to keep your nervous system balanced and use the yoga practice to maintain strength without overheating the body.
Many women have found that yoga, including restorative and supportive poses, can reduce the undesirable side effects of menopause, including hot flushes and more. Email The Menopause Team for more information about how your employees can access yoga for the menopause sessions.
Mindfulness for Menopause
Mindfulness based interventions have a robust efficacy in both physical and psychological conditions. The British Menopause Society (September 2019) outlines that current available evidence supports the hypothesis that mindfulness-based interventions could positively help with psychological adjustment during the menopause transition. Email The Menopause Team for more information about how your employees can access mindfulness sessions.
Walking for menopause wellbeing
Walking has helped many women more positively deal with menopause symptoms and challenges. Women in mid-life have found that walking briskly for over 10,000 steps per day decreased the risk of cardiovascular disease and diabetes. This is all great news as keeping fit is one of the keys to positively managing perimenopause and menopause itself. Walking is also a great mood booster. You could begin by arranging for your employees to join a wellbeing walk organised by The Menopause Team - email us for more information.
Mid-life Career Coaching
Mid-life Career Coaching
I am an ILM 7 trained executive coach, specialising in mid-life challenges. My aim is to ensure all professional women better understand their mid-life journey so they can positively manage the perimenopause, menopause and post-menopause transition with knowledge, understanding and confidence. Many women believe that they have to choose between their career and the challenges of mid-life, it is absolutely possible to manage both effectively. I offer mid-life coaching support to empower women in the public, private and third sector.
Our bodies begin to change as we move through our forties and we enter peri menopause, the change is a result of a decline in our hormone levels creating symptoms and potential consequences for us, our families and our professional lives. Taking ownership and understanding why and how our bodies are changing means we can work towards a smoother transition, one where we have a positive mindset and are engaged with our health management.
My professional background is in private sector human resource management and academia; I remain a part-time university lecturer. I believe in talking openly about the menopause to help women thrive, personally and professionally.
I am a chartered member of the Institute of Personnel and Development, a member of the Association for Coaching, the All Wales Coaching Network and an affiliate member of the British Menopause Society.
I work with women on a one to one basis in person, on the telephone or on platforms such as Zoom, so wherever your employees are and whatever their mid-life challenges contact The Menopause Team to arrange coaching sessions.
“Here at TT we had the pleasure of having Jayne Woodman host a number of Menopause Awareness sessions for employees and managers. The sessions were very insightful and received great feedback. It is such an important topic and we are happy to have had the opportunity to get the conversation started.”
— SM, People Manager