How to prevent employee burnout.

Inspire work/life joy, wellbeing and fierce loyalty

Burnout is expensive.
It also devastates employees and their families.

Learn how to prevent employee burnout for mothers and improve outcomes for all parents and caregivers.

Wellbeing is declining:

They’re working for you, are you working for them?

Activate proven strategies to boost self-care, trust and intent to stay.

Stress and lack of self-care drive high healthcare costs and attrition.

79% of moms In our current survey wave cite doing ‘terribly’ or ‘not as well as usual’ at self-care.
CVS Health® reports, more working mothers have been diagnosed with anxiety and/or depression (42%) than the general population (28%), their coworkers without kids (25%) and even working fathers (35%).

There are proven solutions

After hearing from thousands of parents and caregivers in our research studies and employer programs, we’ve found the little interventions that work.

Here’s how it works:

We specialize in retaining mothers. And custom programs to improve engagement and self-care for all caregivers.

Step 1. We assess your needs, current results and align on success measures.

Step 2.We pair a tailored self-care program for mothers with recommended Employee Resource Group, policy, benefit and manager supports for all caregivers.

Step 3. We implement, gather data, review your results and share recommendations.

What Our Clients Say

“The event was a huge success with over 50 people attending. You kept the attendees engaged up to the very last minute and we are sure that the questions would have continued if we had more time. The workshop was so appropriate especially during Mental Health Awareness Month. We needed the affirmation that it’s important to set boundaries and practice self- care. We have received positive feedback about the workshop with descriptions like informative, amazing, powerful and helpful.”

“Leslie designed Allies@Work surveys with us and provided solution-orientated sessions on relevant topics including self-care, well-being, and managing stress through an uncertain time. This helped us: - Challenge our assumptions and raise awareness of the importance of self-care and embed wellness practices into the culture of the organization - Understand how many of our employees have caregiving responsibilities and the range of their care roles and needs - Explore new processes and resources to help manage workloads and reduce stress. As part of our continued enhancements to our employee handbook leave policies through a DEI lens, we’ve embedded the importance of caregiving for our loved ones, ourselves, and others in our communities.”

“...We want to thank you again for a great workshop, How to Manage Mental Load Through Constant Change at Work and at Home... Similar to the workshop in May, Thursday’s event was a huge success, with almost 60 attendees; you kept them engaged throughout, answering their many thoughtful questions until the very last minute. It affirmed the importance of setting personal and professional boundaries and practicing self-care. …We have received positive feedback from the intersectional attendees with descriptions like, awesome, impactful, relatable and wonderful. ...Thanks again for facilitating a great workshop."

"Leslie ran a great and timely session!! S/o to all of you that planned it. Special S/o to @Charisse for kicking it off and monitoring the chat!!! I personally learned a lot that I will be adding to my personal toolbox and my 1:1s."

“I have been a member of Leslie’s community for over a year. Her warm, supportive approach combined with research-based content has given me tools to grow as a professional working mom and helped me better manage my time and responsibilities to create time for passions so that I can thrive. She is a thoughtful listener who has cultivated a dynamic community for group introspection and knowledge sharing that has been transformative for me.”

“Thank you to Leslie Forde for our amazing HubSpot wellness challenge this month thinking about Mom's Hierarchy of Needs. It all helps.”

“Huge thanks to the incredible Leslie Forde for her presentation today on overcoming the mental clutter of Covid with Balancing Act@State for the Department of State’s TalentCare month! Thank you Leslie for your continued leadership in the work-life space and inspiring ideas!”

We help you retain and engage mothers

Work/life & self-care support memberships for mothers

Monthly drop-in, expert led, powerful peer-support groups.
Members only podcast series with expert interviews.
Library of systems-guides for work/life support.
Premium access to the TimeCheck® wellness app with goal setting, personalized weekly or daily check ins.

Leadership support membership for managers

Monthly drop-in, expert led theme-based problem solving.
Live, interactive and purposeful safe space discussions.
Curriculum is focused on activating the 4 workplace pillars for parents: psychological safety, flexibility, childcare/eldercare, mental healthcare.

Planning and measurement for ERG’s and Human Resources.

Belonging and inclusion focus groups.
Caregiver wellness pulse check surveys.
ERG resets, roll outs and annual action plans.
ERG, Employee or Manager livestreams, on sites or keynotes.

We work with amazing organizations

Activate our proven strategies to boost self-care, trust and intent to stay among women in caregiving roles.

I began the Mom’s Hierarchy of Needs research studies when I burned out after returning to work when my second child was born. No one wants to choose between wellbeing for themselves, their families and their careers.

I’ve discovered the little interventions that work for mothers, caregivers and managers.

For over 20 years I’ve used research to inform growth and innovation strategies. In the past decade, I’ve focused on the childcare, eldercare, children’s education, parent tech and mental health industries.