Helping businesses
thrive culturally
and financially
⁴ Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead, Sheryl Sandberg, 2013, Knopf
Publishing.
Common issues employers face today
Talent loss, due to:
- Women choosing to pause their career after maternity leave
- Demands of COVID-19 on children’s education and childcare
- Family needs
Skill loss, due to:
- Lapses in training
- Lack of inclusion in the workplace
- Inability for companies to stay connected to lost talent
Motivation loss, due to:
- Taxing family demands
- Lack of female leadership opportunities
- Challenges of achieving leadership roles as women
Our Founder's Story
As a young working mother, Teresa J. Tanner noticed something about the leaders in her company. They were all men, and they all had something she did not: someone at home taking care of the house and family.
She discussed this with her husband, and together, they decided to take a radical step. Instead of leaving the workforce as more than a third of working women do to focus on their home life, Teresa opted to stay on the job. Her husband, however, stepped back from his career. He supported his family by supporting his wife.
Decision Time:
It was a decision that shaped Teresa’s family for decades. It also was a decision that shaped her career. Having dedicated support at home freed her from the strain most other women face in trying to manage two full-time jobs at once. It also paved the path for her workplace inclusion.
True Experience:
As she rose to the highest levels of corporate America over the next 30 years, Teresa never took that kind of support for granted. Instead, she worked to deliver innovative benefits to help women succeed in the workplace and at home. Programs like a free maternity concierge, mentorships, leadership groups and more were a start, but she knew they were not enough. Strong employee retention strategies were needed.
She left the corporate world to focus on efforts to reinvent it as a more welcoming, more supportive and more equal environment; a place where women could thrive.
