Verena Hefti
Verena Hefti
@vhefti.bsky.social
CEO www.leadersplus.org/fellowship, podcast host Big Careers Small Children, future of work and career progression geek, Investment Committee member, Cargo bike enthusiast, ex Chair Citizens Advice Lewisham, ex Teach First Regional Director
excellent analysis of the genocide in gaza and the role food plays within it www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Starvation in Gaza is destroying communities – and will leave generational scars
Health and societal ramifications of extreme hunger will reverberate long after the war is over
www.theguardian.com
July 23, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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Struggling with parental guilt as an NHS leader? The Leaders Plus NHS Fellowship helps you ditch guilt, embrace ambition & progress your career with young kids. Find out more and apply now: www.leadersplus.org/nhsfellowship #NHS #WorkingParents
May 22, 2025 at 8:33 AM
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Still at work even though it's the school holidays? Could do with some help on setting boundaries? If so, the below setting boundaries workbook will be of help I hope - we have had some brilliant feedback on it www.leadersplus.org/resources/bo...
Setting Boundaries Workbook - Leaders Plus
Download our free Setting Boundaries Workbook to help you manage your leadership career whilst having a young family
www.leadersplus.org
April 8, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Parents who are expecting face a career lottery: the line manager lottery. On my way to a @leadersplus.bsky.social event today to discuss how to solve this. Am so looking forward to getting together w like minded people again
March 20, 2025 at 7:59 AM
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🚩The Hidden Pitfalls Pushing NHS Working Parents to Leave. The result? Burnout, lost talent, and costly turnover. But these pitfalls are avoidable - writing for @nhsproviders.bsky.social CEO @vhefti.bsky.social highlights the pitfalls and what to do about them nhsproviders.org/news-blogs/b...
How overlooking working parents is costing NHS trusts and what to do about it
Verena Hefti shares how trusts can better support parents in the NHS workforce and what can prevent working parents from burning out and leaving.
nhsproviders.org
March 19, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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@leadersplus.bsky.social for Senior Directors session yesterday.

Lots of wisdom and reflection to build on - considering the future of work, and with it how to lead change

@vhefti.bsky.social @ruwanipurcell.bsky.social
March 7, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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Backlash against feminism is not inevitable. Only ~10% globally think gender equality is a negative. Society has embraced the “masculinization” of women but hasn't yet enabled the “feminization” of men. We must enable boys and men to move beyond rigid masculinity. theconversation.com/mens-concern...
Men’s concerns are real but backlash is not inevitable – the new rules guiding feminism
Recognising that some men feel left behind doesn’t mean giving in to misogynists.
theconversation.com
March 7, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Today at brilliant IWD event w London partners: female owned businesses are valued 32% lower than male owned businesses and only 0.7% of investment (venture capital funding) goes to women. Ouch! @leadersplus.bsky.social
March 5, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Off to Canary Wharf for a focus group with our alumni and employer partners for a workshop to update our theory of change - an important document for our social enterprise defining what change we want to make in society and how we will measure our impact. Thanks for hosting us HSBC!
January 27, 2025 at 8:10 AM
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I spoke about lookism bias against women w/ Dahlia Stroud for the Stressed But Well Dressed Podcast. Lookism is traditionally defined as a beauty bias. However, for women, no matter what the women looked like, they were criticized or discriminated against. open.spotify.com/episode/7cBB...
January 17, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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Women: You are invited to participate in a study of how identity characteristics influence women’s experiences of bias at work. Fill out the brief survey here: amy-diehl.com/study
(And please repost and share this link).
Identity Characteristic Study Identity Characteristic Study
amy-diehl.com
January 8, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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Meta quietly updated its hateful conduct policy to allow users to refer to "women as household objects or property" among other offensive language.
Calling women ‘household objects’ now permitted on Facebook after Meta updated its guidelines | CNN Business
Meta on Tuesday announced sweeping changes to how it moderates content that will roll out in the coming months, including doing away with professional fact checking. But the company also quietly updat...
www.cnn.com
January 7, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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Thought provoking day on the senior directors fellowship with @leadersplus.bsky.social considering:

- the power of networks 💥
- how to get comfy with self-promotion 🙋🏼‍♀️
- reputation management

Thanks to those journeying with me (only @vhefti.bsky.social & @ruwanipurcell.bsky.social on here?)
January 8, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Loving the wintery feeling on the way to deliver the @leadersplus.bsky.social Senior Directors workshop with fireside chat on reputation management and an expert on story telling - as a Swiss in London I crave sub zero temperatures!
January 8, 2025 at 8:05 AM