At the heart of her friendly work of menopause, the Mansfield Building Society has established and developed a lot of support for her colleagues, from training to the establishment of awareness cafes and support the champions of the workplace to normalize the conversation to the development of a policy that encompasses the real needs of colleagues working through their menopause.
The friendly journey of the Mansfield Building Society specializes by menopause is a specialist in learning and development, Bob Crowe, to direct his training and awareness initiatives. “Bob was the heart and led behind all the great things we have done at the Society for Menopause,” explains Vickie. “We are very proud to have a man who directs the charge and making a huge difference.”
The friendly accreditation of menopause has been established by Henpické: menopause at the workplace In 2020 to certify high standards and proven practices that adopt menopause in the workplace. Accreditation is recognized by industry and only Accreditation which establishes clear standards which must be respected, it is really significant and considered as a brand of excellence for menopause at work.
In order to achieve the user -friendly accreditation of menopause, the Mansfield construction company was evaluated by an independent panel and had to demonstrate evidence of its effectiveness in five key areas, namely: culture, policies and practices, training, commitment and work work.
During the trip to become accredited, the organization highlighted three things they were most proud of:
- Training – who started with the training of all the leaders, managers and team leaders on how to manage menopause in the workplace, giving them the tools and support they need to support their team members. The training course was then adapted to create “the management of my menopause” which was open to all colleagues.
- Policy – Shape a real policy This supports the real needs of colleagues. For example, it took a courageous step to include “paid leave” to colleagues, instead of attributing absence as a “sick leave” which seemed inappropriate and inaccurate for the situation.
- Menopause coffee – Menopause champions are organizing a menopause coffee three times a year to maintain the high awareness level and encourage open conversations that continue to help learning everyone.
Among these, training was the most important and influential initiative because it began breaking obstacles and introduced education that has led to understanding and consciousness that all colleagues now appreciate.
“The realization of the friendly accreditation of the menopause has given us an important seal of recognition of the work that we have done and that we continue to do the right thing for our colleagues,” explains Vickie. “Not only does it mean that each of us knows that we care about each other, but it allows our customers to know that we care about people. It's very important. “
“Mansfield Building Society understood from the start that education is at the heart of change,” says Deborah Garlick, CEO and founder of Henparked: menopause in the workplace. “The management team has sought to create a really in -depth and support training system that is designed to grow and move over time. It is also incredibly encouraging to see the driving force behind the whole initiative is a man because we know that taking such a daring position is a great way to break barriers and taboos. We greet you, Bob Crowe!”
