For Organisations
You’re losing experienced women —
and it’s not because of maternity leave.
It’s what happens after.
The reality
- Women aren’t leaving during leave
- They’re leaving in the months after they return
- Often quietly, and often unnecessarily
What it’s costing you
- Loss of senior talent at a critical point
- Expensive rehiring and onboarding
- Broken leadership pipelines
- Reduced diversity at senior levels
- Lost investment in people you’ve already developed
What’s going wrong
- Strong policies, weak re-entry support
- Assumption people will “slot back in”
- Managers unsure how to support properly
- Focus on logistics, not performance or identity
- Invisible challenges going unaddressed
What I do
- Provide structured return-to-work support for employees
- Support identity + performance transition (not just wellbeing)
- Equip managers with practical tools
- Create a repeatable, scalable framework
- Help turn parental leave into a retention advantage
The outcome
- Higher retention of experienced women
- Faster, more confident re-entry
- Stronger leadership pipelines
- Better return on existing talent investment