In this special masterclass offered by 50inTech, Gimena Diaz shares various tips and tricks to help you navigate the pressure of combining a career with a family—from learning how to reintegrate in the workplace after being away on parental leave, to organizing a work-life schedule that works for you.
What you will learn:
- How to deal with maternity during your career
- How to announce your maternity leave date
- The challenge of coming back after maternity leave
- How to stop being a perfectionist and aim for “good enough”
- How to set your own boundaries
- How to avoid losing your self-confidence while on leave
About the speaker:
Gimena Diaz is V.P. of Southern Europe, Middle East and Africa at Onfido, a company that helps businesses verify people's identities using facial recognition technology. For eight years Gimena was also the general manager at PayPal for Europe and Asia, where she managed over 160 people. She's also strongly involved in the development of gender equality as a board member of UN Women in France.
Our favourite quotes:
“When you have a child, everything is going to change. We need to be honest about this. Priorities change.”
“Even if we're not good planners during our career, the reality of having children and working at the same time is that we need to plan.”
“Instead of aiming for perfection, aim for good enough. This takes a lot of the pressure of being a perfect mom, a perfect woman at work, a perfect wife, a perfect everything.”
This masterclass was part of the bootcamp “ What I really really want” offered by 50inTech. The original title was “Maternity & Career”.
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