Why Working Parents Are Leaving — And How to Fix It
The Plumm Pod · 2025-10-16 · 34 min
Episode notes
Working parents aren’t the exception, they’re half your workforce. In this episode, Becki Nazareth (L&D leader, turned working parent & carer specialist) shares what really breaks and fixes the experience for parents at work, from policy basics to culture, flexibility and line manager reality. You’ll learn: Why policy is just the foundation and what proactive support really looks like How to educate “accidental managers” and build inclusive, flexible teams that perform The return to work gap: identity shifts, re-induction, and using the SCARF model for certainty What data leaders need (and how to get it) to win the case for flexibility If this helped you, subscribe and share it with a leader who needs to hear it. Chapters (Timestamps) 00:00:00 — People Work: Plan or Chance?