
Back to Business Maternity Leave Support Programs
Creating smooth transitions to working parenthood for women and their organizations.
The transition to new parenthood doesn’t have to be a chaotic crisis that overwhelms women and destabilizes organizational goals. Turn maternity leave into an opportunity for growth and leadership for women and their managers with the Back to Business Programs.

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Why Do Women and Employers need Maternity Leave/Return Programs Now More than Ever?
Strong Comebacks
Integrating your new role as a mother with your work responsibilities can be overwhelming. It can be stressful and make your daily life feel out of control. Learning effective strategies to manage this period will put you back in the driver’s seat so you can return to work prepared and confident.
Increase Retention Rates
When Ernst and Young provided employees with coaching and workshops on maternity leave and return, AND managers received training in managing returning employees, retention rates of women returning from maternity leave increased by 14% in one year.
#MeToo
The #MeToo movement has highlighted the discrimination women can suffer in the workplace. Creating policies and an environment that supports women returning from maternity leave boldly illustrates that a company values and respects the contributions of women. Don’t you want to be known as an employer of choice?

Does Pregnancy Threaten Women’s Advancement at Work?
Get a free excerpt of my book “The Hormone Myth” on the Many Stigmas of Showing at Work, which will give you the facts about:
- The reality of how pregnancy impacts how colleagues and bosses perceive and interact with pregnant women in the workplace
- Irrational worries that “she won’t come back” (75% do!)
- How women’s competence comes in to question
- The health consequences when women and bosses pretend no accommodations are necessary
- How discrimination against pregnant women limits women’s childbearing timing and choices
- And more…
