Should I Stay or Should I Go?
Five Strategies to Engage and Retain Working Parents
Presented By:
Teresa Hopke - Life Meets Work Inc.Angela Wilks – O’Melveny & Myers
Vladimir Yelizarov – O’Melveny & Myers
Today’s Facilitators
Teresa HopkeLife Meets Work
Vladimir Yelizarov O’Melveny &
Myers
Angela Wilks O’Melveny &
Myers
Life Meets Work
We help organizations, employees and leaders at all levels prepare for and manage the changing world of work.
Services include:•Strategy Consulting, Program Design and Communications•Leadership Development to Improve Well-Being•Team Alignment Training•Women’s Leadership Programs•New Parent and Work Life Coaching
FWI National Study of the Changing Workforce
Work – Family Conflict
FWI National Study of the Changing Workforce
…of individuals in the workforce have acted as a caregiver over the past five years.
Northwestern Univ Study = Men & Family
Polling Question• Are you having a hard time retaining, engaging or recruiting
working parents? Check the options that are a challenge to you…
– Retaining– Engaging– Recruiting– None of the above– Other
What parents are saying…
I wish someone
would ask
about my wife,
family, dog…
I wish someone
would ask
about my wife,
family, dog…
I wish I didn’t have to
feel guilty for wanting to be an involved parent.
I wish I didn’t have to
feel guilty for wanting to be an involved parent.
I wish I didn’t have to hide my life outside of work when
talking with my clients.
I wish I didn’t have to hide my life outside of work when
talking with my clients.
What Working Parents Want
Source: FWI National Study of Changing Workforce & LMW Client Data
How You Can Support Working Parents
• Think through when and where the work needs to get done
• Offer flex hours to allow for reaching goals at home and work
• Offer the option to work at home from time to time
• Make it part of business process so they don’t feel singled out
5 Strategies to Engage and Retain Working Parents
• Offer resources and convenience benefits to help ease their stress and create more time
• Offer coaching to challenge their thinking and focus on solutions and action
5 Strategies to Engage and Retain Working Parents
• Offer Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)
• Make it easy for them to find each other
• Offer group coaching
5 Strategies to Engage and Retain Working Parents
• Help leaders create a strong team that can support the needs of working parents
• Provide coaching to help leaders understand how to better support working parents
5 Strategies to Engage and Retain Working Parents
• Consider and recognize both work and home obligations
• Help them manage their energy• Create and hold people
accountable for WorkLife goals
Best Practice Sharing….
•What else do you do to support working parents?
–Enter your responses in the Q&A feature
Thank you!
Additional Resources• New Parent Career Coaching -
http://www.lifemeetswork.com/services/new-parent-career-coaching/
• Working Dad Confessions - http://www.lifemeetswork.com/working-dad-confessions/
• Resources for Working Dads - http://www.lifemeetswork.com/resources-for-working-dads/
• Why ambitious women disconnect at work – and how to reconnect them – http://www.lifemeetswork.com/why-ambitious-women-disconnect-at-work-and-how-to-reconnect-them/
Contact InfoContact Info: Teresa HopkeSenior Vice President755 Silver Maple DriveNew Prague, MN [email protected]
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