Meena Santhosh, Robeco & BlackRock

“It sounds extreme but coaching was a life-saver, it really was.”

Meena Santhosh reflects on the power of coaching to support three returns to work from maternity leave. Meena had executive coaching via her employers, BlackRock (two maternity leaves) and latterly via Robeco. “I use the word ‘life-saver’ which sounds extreme, but coaching was. And after that first maternity leave, and the second, when it came to my third OI remember telling me employer ‘if you want me to some back and hit the ground running, this [coaching] is what I need. This is the minimum I need to get myself back in full form.”