The only evidence-based support for parents and managers navigating parental leave and return.
Whether self-led through our RETAIN Coaching Hub or directly with one of our certified RETAIN Coaches, you’ll be using a proven framework, surrounded by the peer community and resources you need for success.
Parental leave is one of the biggest transitions you’ll navigate at work and at home. Most people walk into it without a map.
Parents scramble to hold onto their careers, their identity, and their wellbeing. Managers freeze, unsure what to say or do. HR keeps trying to put out fires. None of this is anyone’s fault. It’s because nobody handed them a playbook for doing it well.
That’s the gap RETAIN Coaching fills.
Support for you and for the people around you, too.
When parental leave support exists at all, it usually focuses on one person at a time, maybe a pamphlet for the parent, a checklist for the manager. We built RETAIN Coaching differently because we know you need more than that and we are determined to fix the broken system. Which requires focusing on the whole picture: the parent, the manager, and the team feeling the ripple effects – even HR. Because we all know when only one part of that picture gets support, everyone else ends up absorbing the gap and that’s not progress.
That’s why every coach, every resource, and every conversation with RETAIN Coaching is grounded in the same thoughtful, human-centered, and evidence-based methodology built for the full inter-connected puzzle, not just your piece of it.
The RETAIN Parental Leave Coaching Difference
Some of the things you get:
Certified Coach
A certified RETAIN Coach trained specifically in this transition
A Proven Framework
A research and assessment based framework that replaces guesswork with a plan
Community Support
A community of parents and managers navigating it at the same time you are
Resource Libraries
A library full of the resources, templates, tools, and tips you need for success
Built for everyone navigating the parental leave (& return) transition
For Parents
Whether you’re preparing for leave, in the middle of it, or heading back to work, you don’t have to figure this out solo.
For Managers
Lead your team through every phase of the parental leave transition with the tools, training, and coaching to do it confidently.
For HR & Employers
Looking to bring RETAIN Coaching to your organization? Visit the Center for Parental Leave Leadership to learn more.
RETAIN Coaching works, and the research backs it up
100%
Would recommend RETAIN Coaching to others
100%
Rated the program effective
80%
More confident meeting work and home demands
67%
Reported increased productivity
67%
Experienced better health and wellbeing
60%
Returned with more confidence at work
“My coaching experience exceeded any expectations I had. The reporting tools are absolutely fantastic and invaluable, but without my Coach walking me through it all with her personal approach and support, I don’t think I would’ve taken action or sat with the information as well as I did – because there’s simply so much going on in preparation for leave!”
Grounded in research. Built by the person who created the field.
Not ready to join the full RETAIN Coaching Hub?
We believe everyone deserves parental leave support. So we created the RETAIN Community as a free mini-space for all stakeholders to get foundational information and guidance, connect with other parents and managers, and learn more within the RETAIN Coaching Hub. No commitment required.