Too direct. Not direct enough. Too much. Not enough.
By the time someone calls it a performance problem, she's already looking for the door.
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Replacing one employee costs over £30,000 once you count recruitment and the 28 weeks it takes someone new to get up to speed (Oxford Economics for Unum). £2,400 is six retention coaching sessions for one woman.
I coach neurodivergent women who are masking themselves into burnout, and train the managers around them. We work out what's going on, then change how the job works. Not who she is.
HR and People teams who keep seeing the same pattern. Good work, then "communication issues", then sick leave or a resignation. No diagnosis needed.
Three weeks in, she'd reshaped the job she already had instead of quitting it.
"I really can't thank you enough for how quickly you helped me discover what was holding me back."
Hannah*, charity sector
Six weeks in, she'd stopped applying for anything just to get out. She's staying put while she works out what she actually needs to do her best work.
"I'm not latching on to the first job posting I see just because I don't like where I am."