Anna Wilk Consulting

Anna Wilk Consulting specialises in supporting organisations to retain female talent after maternity leave so that they can build inclusive cultures and an organic talent pipeline. 

About

Through coaching and consultancy, Anna Wilk helps create programmes and processes to support organisations in their returnee initiatives and build a strong reputation as preferred employers through:

• Creating a built-in support system to avoid the high cost of recruitment and time loss due to talent drain,
• Improving gender diversity and support for women’s career development,
• Helping female leaders adapt after maternity leave, so they can grow their skills and maintain the highest performance,
• Improving self-promotion so that female talent can organically follow pipelines for senior roles and succession plans,
• Addressing self-care to promote wellbeing and performance while avoiding burnout during and post transition,
• Improving brand reputation and attracting female talent by being an Employer of Choice.

With over two decades of experience empowering women through complex transitions and high-pressure roles, Anna provides services that are both strategic and deeply personal. She gained her expertise supporting new mothers as a Doula and Baby Sleep Consultant. This gave her deep insights into women’s emotional and practical needs as well as the challenges of transition into motherhood.

Many new mothers struggle with low confidence, imposter syndrome, juggling work and life, which are factors in mothers’ guilt, burnout and can contribute to leaving the workplace. Anna’s approach is holistic; she offers a methodology and strategy as well as addressing wellbeing, mindfulness and embodiment. She helps navigate challenging emotions, build a realistic return-to-work plan and a future career path, so that organisations can save money on recruitment, develop a diverse and inclusive employee brand, and increase the productivity of their female talent.

What clients say:

“Anna’s guidance throughout my pregnancy while at work, on maternity leave and before and during my return to work was invaluable! It was great to have a neutral person to talk to during this time, especially with everything that the pandemic decided to throw at us. She thought of things that I hadn’t – pretty amazing when you think you’ve thought of everything!! It helped me have a smooth transition into maternity leave and feel as prepared as I could be. Anna’s approach was very practical and structured, and I really benefited from that.”