5 ways companies need to step up to help keep women in the workforce — to benefit everyone
A strong female presence benefits all employees. Companies need to think creatively to stop women from leaving and to create a more diverse workforce.
Teresa Tanner
Opinion contributor
A senior leader walked into my office after returning from maternity leave with her third child and said she was quitting. It was too much, she told me. Work and family were at conflict, and family was going to win.
It was a story I had heard over and over as a former head of Human Resources, from new mothers to moms of teens, women who needed to care of an aging parent or a sick spouse. They loved their careers, but like almost half of all working women, they would need to step away for a period of time.
