Lydia Leipert & Rebecca Zöller - How to Make Job Sharing Work

“With job sharing the company gets two people - two ideas, two heads, two brains.”Ours guests today Lydia Leipert and Rebecca Zöller job share a senior role at a Bavarian broadcaster and have even been nicknamed “Lydecca” by their colleagues.As they put it themselves - "between us we have 4 children, are 2 women and share 1 job".Lydia and Rebecca share the story of how they found each other, why job sharing can work so fantastically and how you can convince your employer to support you in a job share.We hope you enjoy the conversation.Show Notes:Find details of Lydia and Rebecca's book Geteilte Arbeit, doppelt durchstarten!: So funktioniert Jobsharing (currently only available in German)Visit the Lydecca website at www.lydecca-jobsharing.comFor helpful resources on job sharing in the UK look at: The Job Share Pair www.thejobsharepair.com - resources and community for job sharers as well as coaching and consulting (Hannah and Rachel were also on episode 73 of the Big Careers, Small Children Podcast, listen here)Flexible Working People - a community of professionals searching for flexible roles flexibleworkingpeople.comDaisy Chain - a free online platform where people can match with flexible employers daisy-chain.comInvesting in Women - a jobs board for part-time and flexible roles investinginwomen.co.uk Working Mums - part time and flexible roles www.workingmums.co.uk

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Big Careers Small Children helps ambitious parents progress careers they love whilst being present with their children. Through honest and informal conversation, senior leaders divulge what they have learnt on their own journey of combining big careers with young children to our host Verena Hefti MBE. Expect lots of aha moments, inspiration, fresh ideas, and practical support, so you can move forward in your career in a way that works for you and your family.This podcast is hosted by our social enterprise Leaders Plus. We believe that no parent should have to choose between progressing the career they love and enjoying their young children. Through the Big Careers, Small Children podcast and our award-winning Fellowship Programme, we have supported thousands of Leaders with young children to make brave decisions about their future. We unapologetically help more mums (and dads with significant caring responsibilities) to get to senior leadership positions, because only by helping parents to progress their career can we have true gender equality at the top and address the gender pay gap.Be part of our positive movement for change and sign up to receive our informative monthly emails at www.leadersplus.org.uk/newsletterWe hope you enjoy listening to our podcast and invite you to follow us on social media @leaders_plus #BigCareersSmallChildren