In today’s professional services landscape, retaining brilliant women is not about policies on paper. It’s about creating a culture where they can lead in their own way and stay.

Even the most well-intentioned firms face a gap between policy and lived experience. Extended parental leave, flexible working, or mentorship schemes matter but if women don’t feel genuinely seen, heard, and valued, they don’t stay.

That’s where The Retain & Rise Method comes in.

I work with organisations ready to move beyond surface-level fixes and into real, measurable change. Together, we identify the invisible barriers that quietly hold women back, and we build the cultural conditions that let them thrive.

My approach is collaborative and strategic, always grounded in psychological safety. Because when women feel safe, they speak. When they speak, they lead. And when they lead, your whole organisation benefits.

The Retain & Rise Method

Helping professional services firms keep brilliant women and grow them into leaders.

What is The Retain & Rise Method?

A clear, staged process that helps you uncover the real barriers holding women back and build a culture where they choose to stay, lead, and thrive.

Here’s how it works:

1. Diagnose the Hidden Barriers

Through listening workshops, anonymous surveys, and cultural audits, we uncover the invisible dynamics. The unspoken norms, biases, and systemic patterns that quietly push women out.

✔ Deliverable: A clear summary of findings, highlighting key barriers and opportunity areas.

2. Create Safe, Strategic Conversations

We design and facilitate structured women’s groups and mixed-gender sessions where employees can speak openly. These are not focus groups, they are psychologically safe spaces that build trust.

✔ Deliverable: Thematic insights + collective ownership and buy-in.

3. Provide Tailored Strategic Recommendations

We translate insights into a roadmap of practical, actionable steps, from redesigning promotion pathways to strengthening mentorship and leadership development.

✔ Deliverable: Actionable strategic roadmap aligned to your goals.

4. Advise and Support Implementation

We act as trusted advisors to help leadership teams translate recommendations into practice. That includes advising on programme design, leadership messaging, and building feedback loops so initiatives resonate with women.

✔ Deliverable: Advisory support and implementation guidance.

5. Build Long-Term Momentum

We help you embed this work into the rhythm of your organisation so women feel consistently heard and supported, not just once, but always. Together, we create measurable, lasting cultural change.

✔ Deliverable: Ongoing engagement frameworks + impact tracking.

Why It Works

This isn’t about “fixing” women. It’s about removing the barriers that prevent them from thriving, and creating conditions where they and your organisation can rise.

When you shift from assumptions to insight, and from surface fixes to systemic change, you unlock:

  • Higher retention of talented women.

  • A stronger, more resilient leadership pipeline.

  • Greater innovation and collaboration across teams.

  • A culture that attracts and keeps the best people.

Why Work With Me

With 14 years experience as a lawyer at Eversheds Sutherland and deep expertise in women’s leadership, I understand the realities of professional services from the inside. I know the pressures of your world, and I know how to create change that sticks.

As a One of Many™ Certified Coach and culture strategist, I help women and organisations move beyond policies to create workplaces where women choose to stay, lead, and thrive.

If your firm is ready to stop guessing and start transforming culture for women, please get in touch to talk about how The Retain & Rise Method can help.