Health | The women's health blind spot costing you leaders

Picture four women in your organisation right now.

One is 26, doubled over with period pain she hasn't told her manager about,because the culture doesn't make it feel safe to. One is 34, three months into fertility treatment, taking "dentist appointments" every other week and telling nobody why. One is 38, back from maternity leave, exhausted, wondering if she's cut out for the promotion she was on track for before she left. One is 49, your most senior woman in the room, lying awake at 3am, struggling to concentrate by 10am, starting to wonder if she's losing her edge.

The chances are none of them will raise it at work. Most will just quietly manage, or quietly leave.

There have been some great strides in recent years - especially with menopause. Menopause is usually the only one of these four that gets a policy and a webinar. The other three often don’t get much support from workplaces, even though menstrual health, fertility, pregnancy, postnatal recovery and long-term conditions like endometriosis and PMOS shape how women perform and progress for the entirety of their careers, often years before menopause is even on the table.