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Guy Duncan Neale - How to Have a Big Career, Be Present With Your Kids & Work Regular Hours
Guy Duncan Neale - How to Have a Big Career, Be Present With Your Kids & Work Regular Hours
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Length:
34 minutes
Released:
Jul 13, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Can you work as a senior leader in a fast-paced industry like banking and set boundaries around your working hours? Our guest today is proof you can.Guy Duncan Neale is Head of Global Internal Audit Transformation at HSBC and leads a team of international senior internal auditors within the bank.Following a cancer diagnosis, Guy reflected on the priorities in his life and decided he would limit his working hours to ensure he could be present with his family. He is a real change-maker and is vocal about the fact that whilst pursuing his big career he remains disciplined with his working hours, something that is unusual in a sector known for very long working hours.In this episode, Guy shares his tips for other working parents, including:How to practically manage your set working hoursHow to set boundaries at workHow to communicate with your line manager and team about your working hoursHow to build trust in organisationsHow to learn to be truly present with your kidsWhy you can't do everything for everybodyWhy having work email on your personal phone isn't recommendedGuy is also a senior leader Mentor on the Leaders Plus Fellowship and informs and advises many other working parents on combining a leadership career and family.Find out more about the work of Leaders Plus, including details of our award-winning Fellowship Programme and our latest events by signing up to receive our emails at leadersplus.org.uk/newsletter.Show Notes:Book - 4000 Weeks and How to Use them (Oliver Burkeman)Podcast - Big Careers, Small Children Episode 38 (Chris Bryant)If you’d like to submit a question to the Big Careers, Small Children podcast please record it here https://www.speakpiApplications close 23rd March - take a bold step for your career and family today.The Leaders Plus Fellowship (cross-sector) is an award-winning Programme open to parents from all sectors who are progressing careers in leadership and management. Our Fellowship supports you to pursue ambitious roles whilst balancing home life, equipping you with the essential tools to thrive at work whilst still enjoying time with your family. Fellows get: access to a courageous community of peers who are also juggling work and parenthood expert guidance from your own dedicated career Mentor world-class training from industry thought leaders on developing your career support to deal with the practical challenges of being a working parent that arise day-to-day The Fellowship is open to all parents internationally who have children 0-11. Our Programme is inclusive and welcoming of all family set ups. We encourage applications from those who are traditionally underrepresented in leadership positions and offer online/ blended course options and hardship fund places to help facilitate this.
Released:
Jul 13, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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