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We are so excited to share this episode of Leaders With Babies with you as our guest this week is the extremely inspiring Michelle Mitchell OBE.

Michelle became Chief Executive of Cancer Research UK in 2018, the world\u2019s leading charitable funder of\xa0 Cancer research. She's also a mum to two pre-teen children. \xa0

Michelle has been a real trail blazer for parents who are in high level senior leadership roles. Throughout her own career she has always done things a little differently to help balance work and family, and she's always been a big supporter of working flexibly.\xa0

During our discussion we cover:

• Sleep deprivation and how hard this can be in the early stages of motherhood
• Why you shouldn\u2019t compare yourself to anyone else
• Why Michelle is such a big supporter of working flexibly in senior roles\xa0
• Why having purpose in all you do is so important\xa0
• What Cancer Research UK are doing to support employees with work and home life balance
• Why we need more role models from diverse backgrounds in senior leadership roles

We hope you'll find our conversation thought provoking, especially if you\u2019re considering your own career development and the practicalities of managing a really high powered job whilst also wanting to be present with your children.

You can follow Michelle on Twitter @Michelle_CRUK and Leaders Plus at @Leaders_Plus\xa0

Find out more about the brilliant work of Cancer Research UK at www.cancerresearchuk.org\xa0

This episode was recorded during the COVID-19 Lockdown.

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