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What Messages Are You Challenging at Midlife?
We need women in the workplace. And we especially need senior women in the workplace. We need women in leadership, in boardrooms, in decision-making rooms, in the C-suite, in entrepreneurship, in every place where decisions are being made about the future.
And we need to say this loudly:
We are not finished.
We have worked diligently and HARD, dammit, to get where we are.
Menopause and the Workplace: Why 41 Million Women Can No Longer Be an Afterthought
She is leading the meeting. Managing the budget. Mentoring younger employees. Caring for aging parents. Texting a college-aged child between presentations. And trying to remember why she walked into the conference room in the first place.
If this feels familiar, you are not alone.
More than 41 million women over the age of 40 are currently in the U.S. workforce. We are not talking about a niche population. We are talking about a significant portion of the talent, leadership, expertise, and institutional knowledge that keeps organizations running.
And here is the part that should make every employer pay attention:
The average age for a woman to assume her first executive leadership role is approximately 54.
The average age of menopause is 51.
Many women will spend 15 years or more of their working lives in the menopausal stage.