Helen Croft: How I shared my parental leave to enhance my career

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AIG Life underwriting & claims strategy manager shares her story

It is odd to think that in 2019 women still have to consider if they can ‘have it all' and have a family and a career when they are thinking of starting a family. Yet that is still the reality for lots of women in our industry, as it was for me a few years ago. I therefore wanted to share my story of the atypical decision my partner and I made to take shared parental leave and how we think it may have enhanced our careers. I strongly believe that a more even distribution of parenting responsibilities, and flexible working for both parents becoming the norm, is really important if we are ...

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