Watching female talent leave your organisation or step back after becoming a parent is challenging, costly and common.
It happens because:
💡High Talent Drop-Off
Career-minded women exit after parental leave, regardless of your investment in succession planning, because demands at home and work lead to burnout.
💡No Clear Return Path
Returning mums commonly face an unstructured, overwhelming work re-entry, with processes not designed to ensure the arrangement is successful from the start.
💡Culture Lags Behind Policy
Hybrid work and parental leave entitlements exist, but an enabling culture hasn’t caught up.
💡Unprepared Managers
Leaders struggle to have meaningful, informed and supportive conversations that reach returning parents.
💡Inflexible Structure
Employees are demanding part time, hybrid and flexible options, but your structure is designed for full time employees.
💡Hard to Prove ROI
You know support matters, but organisations need metrics.
Replacing a skilled employee can cost up to 150% of their salary and mothers returning from parental leave are one of the most at-risk groups for turnover.
Mothers are not leaving due to a lack of personal ambition or capability.
It's due to a lack of support.
We can help.
Free Employer Guide
Workplace Awareness Series
For Parents
An awareness series that strengthen workforce engagement, capability and support for working parents during return-to-work periods.
Parents will be able to:
- Navigate identity and confidence changes
- Build sustainable work and family strategies
- Strengthen communication and return-to-work readiness
- Manage boundaries, wellbeing and expectations
Organisations will gain:
- Stronger retention of talent and leadership pipelines.
- Empowered leaders as they manage transition periods via improved communication, trust & consistency.
- Supports wellbeing and participation whilst reducing disengagement.
- Improved employee value proposition.
What's included:
- 4 x 1 hour awareness sessions for up to 20 employees.
- Presentation, workbook, resources tailored to your parental policy and programs.
- Evaluation data to measure ROI.
Cost: $8,400 + GST
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Workplace Awareness Series
For People Leaders
People leaders are critical to the success of returning parents, yet many people leaders feel underprepared to achieve positive return to work outcomes.
Leaders will be able to:
- Confidently support parent transitions
- Foster psychologically safe. conversations.
- Manage flexibility, workload and reintegration effectively.
- Improve consistency of employee experience across teams.
Organisations will gain:
- Stronger retention of talent and leadership pipelines.
- Empowered leaders as they manage transition periods via improved communication, trust & consistency.
- Supports wellbeing and participation whilst reducing disengagement.
- Improved employee value proposition.
What's included:
- 4 x 1 hour awareness sessions for up to 20 employees.
- Presentation, workbook, resources tailored to your parental policy and programs.
- Evaluation data to measure ROI.
Cost: $8,400 + GST
When people leaders are empowered, parents thrive and workplaces flourish.
FOUND at Work
For Mothers
Combining expert-led learning with tailored coaching, FOUND at Work partners with clinical experts to build participants confidence and clarity. The program offers sustainable strategies to navigating work, identity and family at an individual level.
What changes:
- Confidence and self-trust to navigate the identity shift of motherhood and return to work with greater clarity, engagement and resilience.
- Practical strategies to manage competing work and family demands, reducing overwhelm, burnout and attrition risk.
- Communication and boundary-setting skills to have productive conversations about workload, flexibility, career aspirations and support needs.
- A renewed sense of identity, purpose and career direction, helping them reconnect with their strengths, ambitions and contribution at work.
- Sustainable habits and wellbeing practices that support long-term performance, productivity, retention and workforce participation.
What's included:
- 18-month access to learning platform
- Expert-led learning modules and tools
- 3 x 45-minute coaching with an experienced coach
Cost: $1,999 + GST per participant
(Bulk rates available)
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Renee is the Director of The People Paradox,
providing People and Culture (HR) leadership to a diverse range of clients.
With almost 25 years' experience spanning professional services, retail, technology, property, health, Government and NFP, Renee is highly skilled at designing and implementing workforce strategies, people foundations, programs and initiatives that enable organisations and people to thrive.
Renee’s own journey into motherhood was transformational, challenging and empowering.
She brings a warm and engaging approach to support parents to return to work successfully.