SPEAKER, PARENTAL TRANSITIONS COACH + WORK-LIFE INTEGRATION MENTOR
When work works for parents, business is better for everyone
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Hannah Porteous-Butler uses a blend of consultancy, coaching and culture change to help organisations thrive by creating meaningful support for their working parents and carers.
Let’s talk about that.
Supporting working parents isn’t just the right thing to do.
IT’S ONE OF THE
SMARTEST MOVES
a business can make.
BEING A PARENT ISN’T A SETBACK.
IT’S A SUPERPOWER.
MEET HANNAH
Hannah Porteous-Butler is a coach, speaker, and former senior leader who understands what it’s like to juggle ambition, burnout, and the invisible load of parenthood. As the founder of The People Practice Group, Hannah helps organisations maximise the potential of their working parents and retain top talent through practical strategies that encourage meaningful action toward parental inclusion.
With 20+ years of experience in senior leadership and people strategy, Hannah understands the realities of culture change from the inside. She knows from experience that supporting parents is smart strategy, not special treatment.
As a mother of three and special guardian to a fourth child, Hannah brings deep personal insight to her work alongside professional expertise in coaching, neuroscience, and mental health.
Hannah works with HR and C-suite leaders to improve retention, boost wellbeing, and drive culture change.
She has supported organisations including DDB UK, Mind, TUI, Cambridge University Press & Assessment, and Bidwells.
Hannah’s approach is underpinned by her training in coaching, neuroscience, and mental health. And it’s grounded in the knowledge that policy alone isn’t enough. If it’s not embedded into the culture—if managers aren’t equipped, if stories aren’t shared, if permission isn’t felt—then it won’t work.
That’s why her approach is always holistic, practical, and human.
Hannah regularly speaks at HR and leadership events and facilitates programmes that turn good policy into real-world support for working parents. Her talks celebrate what’s working, and show how to build towards something better than most companies realise they can hope for.
When we change how parents and carers are seen at work, it unlocks the kind of culture where everyone can thrive.
TESTIMONIAL OR SAMPLE FOOTAGE
“Hannah is an incredible speaker.”
WORKSHOPS
Trainings for senior staff or full teams on leadership, transitions, and putting policy into practice.
TALKS
Insights and inspiration about leadership, culture and impactful inclusivity for conferences and events.
PODCASTS
Conversations about culture, support, communication, and the practicalities and potential of meaningful policies.
HANNAH’S MESSAGE IS EMPOWERING AND VALIDATING
She reframes working parents not as an inconvenience to be accommodated, but as a source of strength, adaptability, and perspective to be valued.
&
Inspiration
AND IN DOING SO, SHE PLANTS A SEED:
When work works for parents, business is better for everyone
MISSED OPPORTUNITIES:
The £45 Billion Oversight
Impact
TOPICS
Parenting Is a Superpower: Changing the Conversation from Obligation to Opportunity
Being a parent or carer builds the kind of leadership traits you don’t get from a course: resilience, adaptability, diplomacy, empathy, time management, efficiency, prioritisation. Neuroscience shows that caregiving environments actually boost executive function — meaning skills like decision-making, emotional regulation, and cognitive flexibility. Parents literally rewire their brains in ways that make them better leaders.
This talk explores all the ways being a parent can enhance the way you work, and what kind of support to expect from an employer, and how to take advantage of it. This builds parents’ confidence, gives practical tips, and shows how parents and employers can collaborate so everyone thrives.
From Work Mode to Parent Mode: The “Invisible Load” and How to Manage It
Transitioning from work mode to parent mode often means juggling numerous responsibilities and mental burdens. By looking at setting boundaries, working smarter, and challenging stereotypes and the status quo, we break down the mental clutter, increase energy, and establish practical, actionable strategies to lighten the load and enhance wellbeing.
Who Am I Now? Redefining Identity, Values & Success After Parenthood
Parenthood often leads to a shift in how we view ourselves and our goals. We look at strategies for navigating these changes and aligning your evolving self with your career and personal aspirations so that you feel fulfilled in our work and family lives.
Beyond Wellbeing: Supporting Parents Makes Strategic Sense
85% of women leave the full-time workforce within three years of having children and 19% leave the workforce altogether. But parenthood often coincides with a valuable career season, with years of experience and wisdom gained. Losing talent at this stage is costly, avoidable, and fixable.
From Paper to Practice: What Government Policies Really Mean for the Parents on Your Teams
Pragmatic ways to support parents — and ensure that support offered as official policy is actually experienced in practice.
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