Opinion

July 23, 2021

Parental leave: The ultimate L&D exercise?

Instead of talking about who is taking parental leave, we should be talking about what it can teach parents. 


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Startups, investors and corporates are looking at parental leave all wrong. In an attempt to build more inclusive organisations, leaders have become too obsessed with who is taking parental leave. Instead, leaders should be talking about what parental leave can teach parents. 

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