Rebecca Olson is a working mom, who is using her experience of motherhood to help other working mothers to balance motherhood with achieving career objectives.

In this episode of the Abeceder podcast The Independent Minds, Rebecca explains to host Michael Millward a few of the issues that mothers face when returning to work after maternity leave and highlights the high number of women who change their jobs within 18-moths of their return to work.

Rebecca discusses the identity crisis that many mothers endure as they try to redefine life and work because of the changes that parenthood brings. She looks at the role line managers play in creating a successful maternity leave and return to work.

Michael and Rebecca discuss the Moms First Moms in the Workplace report identifying what it tells employers and managers who want to retain their talented mothers.

Rebecca is the host of the Ambitious and Balanced Working Moms podcast.

More information about Rebecca Olson and Michael Millward is available at abeceder.

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