Retain the women your organisation can’t afford to lose
Structured coaching support for women navigating career transition, maternity, return-to-work and promotion moments.
Talented women often leave organisations at predictable inflection points. These moments, including maternity transitions, internal restructures, post-promotion wobbles, or returning from extended leave, are frequently where professional confidence dips and disengagement begins. When a woman stops feeling seen or supported through these specific shifts, it becomes a retention and talent issue that impacts the entire leadership pipeline.
The business case is clear. The question is whether your organisation is acting on it.
86%
of companies see a positive ROI from coaching
Source: ICF Global Coaching Study
£5.29
The average return for every pound spent on coaching
Source: Sun Microsystems ROI study
2x
Likelihood of women leaving within 12 months of returning from maternity leave
Source: SHRM research
200%
Cost of replacing a mid-level professional relative to annual salary
Source: McKinsey
How Rooted & Rising supports your people
Most return-to-work programmes focus on the practical: childcare logistics, flexible working conversations, KIT days. Useful, but they don't address what actually causes attrition, which is the deeper identity shift the research calls matrescence.
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Rooted & Rising goes further. The coaching is built on:
ICF Accredited Coaching Practice
Delivering measurable shifts in confidence, clarity and career trajectory
Somatic and embodied techniques
Which evidence increasingly shows are essential for working with burnout, overwhelm, and nervous system recovery
The Ground, Listen, Rise framework
A structured approach that gives your employees a clear path through what can otherwise feel formless
This is coaching that takes the transition seriously, which is precisely why it retains the women who go through it.
How we work with employers
Individual Programmes
Six or twelve sessions of 1:1 coaching for returning or working mothers in your organisation. Sessions are confidential, outcomes are reported in anonymised aggregate. Suitable for organisations who want to offer this as a benefit, retain specific high-potential talent, or respond to an identified retention risk.
Cohort Coaching Programmes
Small-group coaching for cohorts of returning mothers, typically six to eight women across three to six months. Combines coaching depth with peer connection, which the research shows is one of the strongest protective factors for retention.
Bespoke partnerships
For organisations ready to embed this work properly: a combination of cohort coaching, line manager workshops, and quarterly insight reports for your HR or DEI team. Designed with you, scaled to your organisation.
Why employers choose Rooted & Rising
I bring twelve years of experience working with FTSE 100 organisations as a management consulting Principal at Gate One, alongside training as an occupational psychologist and ICF-accredited coach. I understand the commercial pressures HR teams operate under, and I build programmes that hold up to scrutiny.
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Training and credentials:
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ICF-accredited coach (ACC)
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Grounding in occupational psychology principles
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Trained at the University of Oxford, Imperial College London, and the NeuroLeadership Institute
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Utilise somatic coaching practice
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Comfortable working within procurement processes and supplier onboarding requirements.
How we work together
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Scope
A discovery conversation to understand your retention priorities, target population, and desired outcomes.
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Design
A tailored coaching programme built around your organisation’s context, whether that’s maternity-specific, broader retention, or a pilot cohort.
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Deliver
Coaching delivered remotely or face to face where possible, with outcome tracking and a clear review point.