Almost 70% of new mothers are anxious about returning to work after maternity leave, according to a recent survey carried out by the newly launched Corporate Mothers, a new consultancy that helps organisations to attract and retain more working mothers. 

• 69% of the survey respondents are anxious about returning to work
• 46% saying they felt less confident about their ability to do their job than before maternity leave
• 58% said that their employer did nothing to help them return to work with confidence and ease
• 75% said they would have taken advantage of a specialist coaching programme, had it been offered.

Amanda Alexander, founder of Coaching Mums, says: “Within the next few years, 80% of the growth in the UK workforce will be accounted for by women, and by 2010, one in five workers will be mothers” says Amanda, “Too many professional women feel that they have no choice but to give up their career when trying to negotiate flexible working, or when juggling family and career is too difficult.”

ABOUT CORPORATE MOTHERS

Corporate Mothers has collated the key data from the survey and published a free report “How to Retain Talented Women after Maternity Leave” for any employer that wants simple, cost-effective ways of improving their retention rates of maternity leavers. 

Corporate Mothers provides a complete range of services from maternity coaching, specialist HR and communications consultancy through to services such as 60 Minute seminars, webinars and workshops.

Contact: Amanda Alexander
E: info@corporatemothers.com 
www.corporatemothers.com/