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The NABS Podcast
How I created a community for working parents in advertising
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Charlotte Coughlan is managing partner at Leo UK and a mum to two young children. Which makes her super busy – yet impressively she’s still found the time and energy to create Parental Guidance, a mentoring scheme for working parents across adland.
Charlotte is passionate about helping other working parents, having been through the mill herself.
During Charlotte’s second maternity leave, she was unexpectedly made redundant when the agency she loved working for shut down. In shock, and robbed of the chance to enjoy her last mat leave, Charlotte spent the time juggling the demands of a newborn baby and a four-year-old with finding a new job.
Happily, Charlotte is now working at Leo’s, where she founded an internal network, Parentland, to support fellow parents. Wanting to take this a step further, Charlotte has created Parental Guidance (love the name) to connect working parents across the industry for support, advice and cheerleading.
In this episode, Charlotte shares:
- The crushing effects of losing a job during maternity leave – an all-too-common experience
- What working parents can bring to their businesses
- How mentoring can support parents’ mental wellness
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