92. COMEBACK - Tara Ferguson - breast cancer - working through treatment - medically-induced menopause - how to stop women leaving in their 40s + 50s?

Hello Bright Minds. My guest today is  someone who wanted a platform to talk about her experience of continuing to work on and off during breast cancer treatment with the single goal of helping others find their way through this really difficult time. 

Tara Ferguson is an Associate Director within the People team of a medium sized bio-tech business. She’s worked in a number of different sectors and types of business, in roles ranging from People Business Partner to Lead Coach to Employee Wellbeing Manager, in a career spanning over 20 years. She lives in Scotland with her husband Andy and teenage daughter Charlotte - enjoying cold water swimming, CrossFit, reading and time with family in her spare time.

We talk about:

• Deciding not to walk away from work completely for the duration of her treatment.
• Coming back on a phased return at the end of last period of chemotherapy.
• What best in class line manager support looks and sounds like.
• The impact of a medically induced menopause.
• How businesses can hang onto women and turn the tide of the numbers of women walking away when they hit menopause.

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