Ready for parental leave to mean performance and progression, not pause?
We get it. Maternity and parental leave can feel like a headache. The policies and processes are just one part of the puzzle and they very rarely help managers, employees or teams tackle the workplace and personal nuances that inevitably show up. It wouldn't be so bad if the enhanced entitlement the business offers translated into strong returns but often it can lead to stereotypes that frankly aren't serving anyone.
But here’s the good news! If you actually look closely at the journey from career to leave and back again, it’s full of of opportunities for engagement, retention and talent growth. And it’s what we’re good at helping you and your high achievers to harness.
With high-impact support (that our clients will all tell you is a game changer), we help your people and your business turn parental leave and it all it brings into a powerful springboard for smoother experiences, stronger returns, and long-term career progression.
Here’s how we can help (and remember this is just a guide - we excel at tackling nuance)
1:1 Senior Talent Coaching
You’ll be hard pushed to find a life transition as pivotal for professional success as the arrival of a new baby or child. Yes, they bring joy but it’s generally accompanied by a cavalcade of personal and professional challenges that will wobble even the most accomplished professional into internal conflict, uncertainty and doubt. The Talent On Leave approach is all about intentional reflection, planning and action that helps every individual to forget about the stereotypes and to create their own conditions to thrive and to grow both personally and professionally. A kind of organic secondment if you will.
Your Talent On Leave, Together
Picture this. Your employees on leave are at home overthinking their return plans, with more questions than answers and a sense of dread that they’re over the half way line. Then their email pings and they’re invited to a brilliant, baby friendly reconnection session. Reassured by the logistics and agenda, they say yes. They arrive at the session a little curious, cynical and uncertain. Then they hear everything they needed to from everyone they needed to hear it from. They share, talk, ask and explore. It was the parent and toddler session they never knew they needed. And now, they breathe again, knowing that they have the insights and tools for the next stage.
Bespoke Group Coaching
One of the most common requests we get from our 1:1 clients is for a space where they can be with peers who will see life and work as they do. Community is a powerful source of encouragement for new parents who can easily feel isolated in their new chapter. Our bespoke group masterclasses give your people that space whilst also building your culture from the inside out. If you regularly have more than a handful of employees planning or returning from maternity and parental leave every month, this is parental leave support, empowerment and community building 101.
Leave & Return Guide
Parental leave policies are factual and prescriptive by necessity. They answer the questions of entitlement, process and contractual obligations. What they don’t answer are the big concerns that underpin the actual experiences of leave and return, and the career decisions that come off the back of them. Massive missed opportunity! So, these coach-led guides do. A bespoke companion to your existing policy, they bridge the gap to (a) inform personal and professional planning and (b) protect employee engagement and communication and (c) support manager consistency and confidence.
Ailsa Buchanan, Baillie Gifford
“We have been working with Lynn over the last few years to enhance our employee parental leave journey. Lynn has really helped bring our vision to life but also inspired us to do more in certain areas and focus on those ‘moments that matter’.”
Holly Cartwright, COP UK
“The guide you produced for us in the UK is outstanding. It is tailored to our organisation and it has already proven to be an incredibly helpful resource for our employees and managers - tried and tested! I am so glad we asked you to help us and so very proud of what we produced.”
Senior Employee, MFMAC
“Thanks for a really brilliant session in the office today. So much has shifted in such a short space of time. Now to put it into action!”
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