Did you know that the average cost of replacing a senior employee is between three and five times her salary?
It’s not just the recruitment and training costs. When the employee leaves, you also lose her valuable expertise, contacts and client relationships.
That means losing female talent can easily cost your company around £200,000. For high earners such as lawyers, it can be much, much more.
That’s why you need your maternity leavers to return happily and confidently to work.
However:
• Many women find it hard to adjust to the dual challenge of motherhood and work – and even harder to admit it.
• At least 1 in 10 women develop post-natal depression – sometimes months after giving birth, just as maternity leave comes to an end.
• Some women return with less focus and confidence, which affects their performance.
• Some return to work relatively easily, but find it harder as time goes by: in fact, the real “danger period” where they’re most likely to leave is 12-24 months after their return.
• A third of all women don’t return to work at all.
Not only are these issues a challenge for your staff: they’re also bad news for your bottom line.
Protect your investment and support your staff
That’s why more and more companies are recognising the benefits of maternity coaching.
Maternity coaching is proven to help retain key women and improve their motivation and performance. And the cost benefit is clear: the investment is a tiny fraction of what it costs you to lose and replace an employee.
My specialist maternity coaching has helped organisations such as Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, CMS Cameron McKenna and others to:
• Make huge cost savings by retaining experienced female talent.
• Stay in touch during maternity leave, increasing the chance of return.
• Enable women to continue working happily and productively, and in the right role.
• Increase employee morale and commitment.
• Build a forward-thinking corporate brand that attracts the most talented women.
With these potential gains on offer, why not get in touch to see what maternity coaching could do for your business?
Vanessa Kingsmill Coaching 