What does Ludo do?

The foundation of Ludo is a digital solution to drive wellbeing and inclusion in the workplace. Ludo provides resource for all employees. To complete the full offering to HR and People Leaders, Ludo offer HR consulting, Coaching, Workshops, Recruitment, Learning & Development and Speakers. We work with businesses to provide a full wrap around service to drive a successful culture of wellbeing & inclusion. Our digital platform provides expertise to support employees through Maternity, gives instant information on Menopause, Fertility and Health, including Mental Health.

Our pricing is dependent on the number of employees, and for micro clients and start ups, we offer an inclusive pricing structure. We are committed to growing with you. Talk to us and we can tell you more.

Why Ludo?

Ludo is a game of 4 teams, with 4 players. Each team needs to make a journey completing the entire circuit of the board. Think: hero’s journey. At any time, a team member from another team can land on your square and you need to return to the start square for your team. It is a setback, might feel demoralising but you may well catch up or pass that player as you attempt your next circuit of the board. The aim of the game is for ALL the teams to meet in the middle at the finish. A common goal, requiring all team members to get there. In Latin, Ludo means ‘to play’.

We, at Ludo HQ, feel the game Ludo is a metaphor for an organisation. Regardless of the team, you are in, the game demonstrates resilience, diversity, and moments where the strategy may suffer a setback but ultimately everyone is after the same end goal.

This is why we are called Ludo. We recognise there are setbacks in a business, and moments when we have to work as a team to support one another. The journey may not be the way we expect but the strive to win and come together can be felt at the heart of a business with the right culture, the right strategy and the right support.

Imogen Short shares how the hero’s journey is so important for employee engagement. ‘Employees are not bystanders in a company’s story. They are the living and breathing heroes at the centre of the journey. Their dreams and goals are at stake.

What does Ludo do?

Ludo is revolutionising maternity, parental and adoption leave. The Ludo SaaS platform is an all-inclusive Diversity, Wellness and Inclusion solution run by HR, which supercharges Maternity Leave Management and provides support for Menopause, Fertility and Health, including Mental Health. Ludo enhances the maternity offering of any sized company, providing a full service product. Whether an employee is pregnant, using a surrogate or adopting, Ludo Maternity benefits a growing family. 90% of women are offered zero formal support during maternity. At Ludo, 100% of families are offered full wrap around help. Furthermore Ludo offers information on how to navigate infertility, expertise on menopause and overall health, including a system to access counselling when needed, within a matter of hours.

How Ludo is helping.

We are transforming the broken system of maternity leave for HR, working parents and their line managers.

The Ludo SaaS platform supports employee relations, Diversity & Inclusion, reducing the Gender Pay Gap, and improvements to employee wellbeing. They key ingredient of the maternity module is the unbroken dialogue channel between a working parent and the workplace.

Ludo Menopause is signposting, supporting and informing employees and HR on how best to navigate peri-menopause and menopause in the workplace to retain female talent.

Ludo Fertility and Ludo Health provide insights and instant support to give access to resource when needed. In addition, Ludo offers access to counselling within hours.

Meet Elizabeth

I’m Elizabeth, founder of Ludo.

As a WoMo (working mother), I’ve been through – and continue to face – many of the challenges women and other growing families may be experiencing. I love my brood: two daughters and a son. But I also loved my career as a VP of HR, and now Founder of Ludo, and I’m proud of both the Wo and Mo parts of my life.

I’m passionate about lots of things in life, and women who work is right up there at the top for me. I have an energy for life that drives some people slightly mad, so when I said I wanted to create the a business to supercharge inclusion in the workplace, I think people around me gave a heavy sigh! But I believe in it wholeheartedly. I believe everyone deserves equitable support in the workplace, and a resource for challenging moments.

As a HR leader, I see wellbeing and inclusion from both the employer and the employee sides. I’ve seen maternity leave and returning to work managed brilliantly. I’ve also seen it be a complete disaster. If we get it right from both sides the return to work can be a far easier transition for both. I have seen marginalised employees leave as a result of unfair treatment and I have led teams through successful strategic DEI initiatives, embedded for the long term, and demonstrated through clear measures.

Ludo leads and works alongside businesses to drive a winning culture, with happier employees and measures translating to the bottom line.