The Informed Employer Session

Your employee has been through something enormous. Does your business know how to help them?

Most companies have a return to work policy. Very few understand what returning to work after trauma, illness or cancer actually feels like — and what genuinely helpful support looks like in practice.

Getting someone back to their desk is not the same as supporting them back to themselves.

After cancer, serious illness or significant life trauma, an employee doesn't just need flexible hours and a phased return plan — though those matter too. They need their employer to understand the fog, the fear, the identity shift, the exhaustion that goes far beyond physical, and the enormous courage it takes to walk back through that door.

Over 700,000 people of working age in the UK are currently living with a cancer diagnosis. A quarter of those don't return to work at all. Of those who do, more than half had no meaningful return to work conversation with their employer.

That's not because businesses don't care. It's because they don't know what they don't know.

The Informed Employer Session is a 3-hour trauma-informed consultation that changes that.

What we cover.

— What your employee is actually experiencing beyond the medical notes

— Why standard EAPs and HR policies often fall short

— Practical, compassionate adjustments that make a real difference

— How to equip line managers to have the right conversations

— Why investing in your people at this point pays back in retention, loyalty and performance

— What genuine support looks like — and what box-ticking looks like!

This is not an HR review.

It's a human one — informed by lived experience, grounded in research, and designed to help your business become the kind of employer people don't want to leave.

What My Clients Are Saying

  • “Authenticity is what comes to mind when I think about Alex. Alex is lived. Her story sets the scene for why and how she has become the awesome human she is and her self-discovery journey is empowering; approaching life with joy and light. GCP Behaviour & Wellbeing is proud to be recruiting Intent for business coaching. Alex has a way of drawing on her years of corporate experience and transcending that into something holistic and tangible. Alex is a rarity. I know Alex will infuse her business with the level of love that is poured into our own, and it is that quality that allows me to know Intent Coaching is the right fit for us. Alex has the most remarkable way of bringing you into her gentle energy, allowing your intentions to be heard and visions to be realised; all with realism and balance.”

    — Gabrielle @ GCP Strategies

  • “We are so grateful for the work that Alex has done with us. The way she works has brought us a much needed calmness and clarity, it’s given us direction on what we want to achieve. We no longer feel overwhelmed, we can see the bigger picture and have a sense of direction that we didn’t have before. Our plan now feels sustainable, and our way forward is mapped out into small manageable steps. That, combined with the new volunteers that we’ve attracted, makes our ambitions feel achievable and we’re very excited for the future of the charity.”

    — Laura, Marketing Manager @ The Nipple Innovation Project

  • “Alex is like no one else I’ve ever met! Kind, caring, compassionate and incredibly organised. She has the ability to truly hear you and your needs and download the information from my brain that feels overwhelming into a way that is structured and easy to digest. I’ve worked with her as she helped with coaching with my charity which has allowed us to grow in fantastic ways in such a short time and also given me clarity in areas that I need it in my personal life. I’m so proud to know her and have the support from her as a friend and in my professional life, she’s a true asset and goes over and beyond to help out in anyway possible. Thank you for your time, knowledge and compassion Alex!”

    — Lucy, Founder @ The Nipple Innovation Project

Investment — £499

3 hours on-site or online, plus a written recommendations summary delivered within 5 working days.

Book a free 20-minute discovery call to find out if this is right for your business.