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Friday Q&A on Flexible Working with Olivia Bath (Founder of The Women's Vault)

Season 4, Ep. 186

Zo & G are thrilled to sit down with a real expert in her field - the incredible Olivia Bath.


They put to her your questions on compressed hours, guilt, setting boundaries, coping with hours change from nursery to school, working flexibly but also managing people, and so much more.


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