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Setting your team up for success while on parental leave

What to expect when you’re expecting: Maude Lemaire from Slack talks though how she prepared her team for her upcoming parental leave.
March 24, 2023

What to expect when you’re expecting: Senior Staff Engineer at Slack, Maude Lemaire, talks though how she prepared her team for her upcoming parental leave.

In October 2021, I welcomed my first baby. To prepare for my subsequent parental leave, there were a few things I had to do. 

The most consistent thread that remained in the nine months leading up to my son’s birth was the fact that his arrival factored into every decision at work. If I planned to tackle a new project, it either needed to ship before October, or I needed to coach the right people to take it over.

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