How can you juggle your senior career when your children are born prematurely?

Our guest this week is Lucy McAuliffe, Stations and Security Director at Network Rail and parent to 5-year-old twins and a 16-month toddler.

Lucy and her wife's twins arrived 8 weeks earlier than planned, not long after Lucy had started a new senior position. 

She shares: 

• The reality of having premature children
• Why the discretionary support you're given at work can make all the difference 
• Advice on moving from 2 to 3 children
• Working full time and managing perceptions at school drop off
• Dealing with assumptions when you're in a same-sex couple
• How being a parent gives you a different lens on leadership  

We hope you enjoy the conversation. 

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