Part-Time Works from Timewise x Phoenix Insights

Is part-time working more accepted, nowadays? How have things changed? Why is it so important? Sharon Foxwell and Jo Holdom hold a discussion with Alex Kihurani. Jo and Sharon have job shared at One Voice Media, a PR and marketing agency in Devon for 12 years, where they are Associate Directors. Both are parents and Sharon’s youngest daughter has additional needs, due to a disability. Alex Kihurani is a senior manager in risk advisory and analytics at EY – and is also a successful rally car racing driver. Alex has worked part-time for years to balancing rallying and finance. And now he has another reason: his baby daughter, who hasn’t had an easy start to life. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kelly Keating, based in Bournemouth, is Head of People and Culture at Passenger Clothing Group, and worked at J.P. Morgan for many years prior, setting up their first job sharing platform. Andrew Eaton used to manage the shifts of 40 front of house staff, working all manner of shifts, before having to leave his job due to ill health. He is now launching a café/workspace for remote workers. Both have worked part-time, and both have been managed, while part-time. They discuss what it takes, to be an inspiring leader of part-time workers.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Detective Constable Nisha Chandra of the London Metropolitan Police Force has recently returned to work after maternity leave. Julie Snell, a nurse at Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, chose to return part-time, after taking early retirement, for the ‘friends and the steps’. At either end of their career cycle, both share something unusual in common: they have unique working patterns in shift-based roles. How easy is it to work part-time or ‘differently’, when you are part a greater roster system, involving hundreds of people and a variety of patterns? Julie and Nisha discuss the nitty gritty of how they make it work, how things are changing in their sectors and their hopes for the future. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

An episode jam-packed with advice on how to work part-time and enjoy a career that progresses the way you want it to. Featuring Sarah Ellis, co-host of the Squiggly Careers podcast and co-founder of career company Amazing If with Phoenix Group’s Director of Corporate Affairs, Claire Hawkins. Claire began her career as an accountant and has transitioned across many roles within finance - mostly while working part-time - before becoming one of the FTSE 100 organisation’s most senior leaders. Sarah created Squiggly Careers by ‘playing around’ on Fridays, after going part-time to give a creative niggle a whirl. Both discuss their own unconventional paths and navigating the challenges of prioritising workload and protecting boundaries while working part-time, as well as the power of supportive managers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In our fifth episode, we look at the power of good part-time work to transform your life. We hear two extraordinary people, with incredible life stories in conversation – Professor Richard Lanyon-Hogg, a Visiting Professor in Computer Science at the University of Sheffield. Richard was a former Chief Technology Officer at IBM who purposefully started to work part-time in order to build more joyful moments into his life. Dr Katie Perry is the CEO of the Daphne Jackson Trust, a charity that supports academics to return to work after a career break. Katie herself has worked part-time twice, and in both cases, in order to reach a place of safety. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Emma Jacobs, Work and Careers writer for the Financial Times is an expert on work trends in the UK. Emma and Claire Campbell, the CEO of Timewise discuss Emma’s personal working style, reflect on the series and look towards the future. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.