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Kundra
Theresa Gschwandtner
15 episodes
4 days ago

Kundra — The career podcast for working parents and HR leaders tackling parental leave

The podcast explores the realities of gender at work through the voices of women, working moms, leaders, and changemakers.

What began as customer research for a B2B SaaS — by Theresa Gschwandtner, FinTech exec turned Founder — quickly revealed stories too powerful to keep private.

This is a public journey of product discovery, filled with honest conversations, practical takeaways, and proof that equality drives success.

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Kundra — The career podcast for working parents and HR leaders tackling parental leave

The podcast explores the realities of gender at work through the voices of women, working moms, leaders, and changemakers.

What began as customer research for a B2B SaaS — by Theresa Gschwandtner, FinTech exec turned Founder — quickly revealed stories too powerful to keep private.

This is a public journey of product discovery, filled with honest conversations, practical takeaways, and proof that equality drives success.

Sign up for the beta

https://www.kundra.ai/

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Episode 9 — From Investment Banker to Parental-Leave Coach: Patterns Every Leader Should Know
Kundra
29 minutes 36 seconds
2 months ago
Episode 9 — From Investment Banker to Parental-Leave Coach: Patterns Every Leader Should Know

After hundreds of parental-transition coaching conversations, which common insights drive retention and performance?

In this episode of the Kundra Podcast, Theresa sits down with Rita Bouzaid—Paris-based consultant, former investment banker, and founder of Empowerment—coaching men and women on reintegrating and excelling in their careers after becoming parents. Drawing on her deep expertise at the nexus of leadership and family life, Rita reveals why parental leave must be treated as a strategic transition, not a personal interruption, and how companies can turn it into a talent-boosting advantage.

Inside this conversation, you’ll discover:

  • Patterns in Parental Transitions: The recurring identity shifts and confidence dips that returning parents face—and how to anticipate them.
  • Strategic Reboarding Blueprints: Why a one-size-fits-all checklist fails, and how to design tailored reboarding plans that stick.
  • Importance of Manager Support: How empowering managers with scripts, training, and check-ins transforms the return-to-work experience.
  • Policy Pitfalls to Avoid: The top three missteps companies make when designing leave and return programs.
  • Why ignoring fathers undercuts culture


Whether you’re an HR director, team leader, or working parent mapping your next career move, Rita’s insights will help you transform parental transitions into moments of growth, retention, and stronger team performance.

In this episode we’ll cover:

  • 00:00 Intro to Rita
  • 01:05 From Investment Banking to Parenthood Coaching
  • 03:46 Identity Shifts & Confidence Dips: Common Challenges for Returning Parents
  • 06:23 Where Companies Go Wrong: Treating Leave as a Pause, Not a Transition
  • 08:48 Bridging Process & People: Human-Centric Transition
  • 10:12 The 3-Step Framework: Anticipate → Accompany → Anchor
  • 15:17 Case Study: Four-Month Reboarding Plan That Ended in a Promotion
  • 24:17 Manager Playbook & Final Advice: Silence, Pace, Ambition


About Kundra

Kundra is currently in active discovery and prototyping — and this podcast is part of that journey.

We’re speaking to founders, HR leaders, and working parents to better understand what support looks like when ambition meets parenting.

The companies that will lead tomorrow are building equity into their foundations today.

If you're shaping that future — or want to help us build the tools that support it — we’d love to hear from you.

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Kundra

Kundra — The career podcast for working parents and HR leaders tackling parental leave

The podcast explores the realities of gender at work through the voices of women, working moms, leaders, and changemakers.

What began as customer research for a B2B SaaS — by Theresa Gschwandtner, FinTech exec turned Founder — quickly revealed stories too powerful to keep private.

This is a public journey of product discovery, filled with honest conversations, practical takeaways, and proof that equality drives success.

Sign up for the beta

https://www.kundra.ai/