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Parent-Friendly Company Culture

Parent-Friendly Company Culture

In the conversation between Pamela Corbin-Audoux and Juliette Abbona, they explore how companies should position themselves on parenthood, emphasizing the importance of a clear commitment to parental policies. Corbin-Audoux advocates for affirming this commitment to enhance company culture and employer attractiveness, citing that it plays a critical role in employee retention. Abbona highlights the necessity of internal consistency, warning against superficial actions that could misalign with company values. They both agree that genuine communication and training are essential for successful parental policies. Companies aiming to attract talent, especially younger generations, must align their actions with their stated values regarding diversity, equity, and corporate social responsibility. According to Pamela Corbin-Audoux and Juliette Abbona, effective leadership and team management hinge on transparent communication and career planning. Don’t miss more tips and insights on effective company policies in the full episode.

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Pamela Corbin-Audoux & Juliette Abbona · Executive Leader · HR Business Partner at Factorial

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Transcription

00:09

Third question.How should my company position itself on the question of parenthood?

00:15

A: Affirm a clear commitment.B: Stay discreet.C: Stay neutral.

00:21

D: The Joker.I'll go with B: stay discreet — priority on internal consistency above all.

00:28

I'll go with A: Affirm a clear commitment.I chose answer A, for once without hesitating,because I think it's important as an employer to affirm your commitment on the topic of parenthood.

00:50

It's a topic that affects quite a lot of employees in companies,and it seems crucial to me to affirm your policy,your processes around the policy related to parenthood — both in order to have an impact internally on company culture, because in my view it's also a lever for employee retention, but also in terms of employer brand,because it will also have an impact on the company's attractiveness — while emphasizing the importance of communicating, yes, but also having concrete actions internally to avoid the hot air that deflates and leads to disappointment.

01:40

I pretty much agree with what you're saying.Which is why I oddly answered something completely different.

01:45

Staying discreet, for me, means prioritizing internal consistency.

01:49

Are what we're doing genuine actions, or are we just making a big splash externally to attract people who will then be disappointed if we don't actually have actions in place?

01:58

There are many companies today — especially companies looking to attract younger talent to reshape the lower end of their age pyramid, who need to bring in populations that are much more sensitive to these questions of parenthood,even when those people aren't necessarily parents themselves.

02:20

We see this often on questions of diversity and equity in the workplace, where you have candidates who,right in the interviews, say: What are you doing in terms of diversity and inclusion?

02:30

It might not always be framed exactly like that — it could be: What are you doing for disability?

02:34

What are you doing for social impact?Etc.All of those topics — environment, sustainability, governance, works council,CSR — as it's called in France, Corporate Social Responsibility.

02:47

All of those are topics that still matter deeply to talents who today won't hesitate to leave if there is a misalignment between what is said and the actions that are taken.

03:01

And I think that among all the answers we've given,we keep coming back to the same topics: doing what we said we were going to do, communicating, training, raising awareness.

03:13

And I think it's through all of those actions that the success of any parental policy — or any other topic — is achieved.

03:22

Thank you very much for your answers.The discussion is now over. Thank you.

03:25

Thank you.I really enjoyed having this debate with you.

03:28

It was great.

03:33

I found it interesting because our answers ended up being quite complementary in the end.

03:39

It's really a pleasure to have a debate like this.