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57%
of returning mothers leave within 2 years
26-29%
leave the labor force in birth year
50-200%
of salary to replace one employee
The Performance Transition Audit
The Performance Transition Audit helps organizations identify where workforce transitions create performance instability and retention risk.
Through leadership insights, employee data, and transition mapping, we deliver a strategic roadmap to stabilize performance.
What's Inside
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The reality of transition strain
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Where retention risk emerges
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Policy vs. practice breakdown
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Hidden impact on the leadership pipeline
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The Six Dimensions of maternal transition
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What actually moves the needle
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FOR MOTHERS
Permission to name what you're experiencing as a structural problem, not a personal failure. A framework for understanding where you actually are, and what comes next.
FOR EXECUTIVES
A clear view of where transition-related strain is creating retention risk, performance instability, and leadership pipeline disruption — and what to do about it.
Who It's For
About the Research
Between January and April 2026, Correlation surveyed 80+ women across multiple industries, career stages, and phases of maternal transition. The brief combines that original research with peer-reviewed academic literature and published workforce data from McKinsey/LeanIn, the U.S. Department of Labor, the CDC, Gallup, and SHRM.
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Sources: McKinsey + LeanIn · U.S. Department of Labor · CDC · Gallup · SHRM · Journal of Marriage and Family