Allison Whalen: Turning Parental Leave Into An Advantage

Allison Whalen is the CEO and Co-Founder of Parentaly, a program that turns parental leave into a competitive advantage for employees and employers. Allison spent the first 9 years of her career exploring various career paths to find where her passion and strengths aligned. Her hyper focus on career made it all the more surprising when in 2017, after having her first child Allison nearly quit a sales leadership role she loved - all because of the disruption her 3-month maternity leave caused.

It became obvious to her that there was a huge gap in how companies support working parents before, during and after parental leave. Allison saw an opportunity to help other working parents avoid the issues she ran into, which led her to begin building what is now Parentaly. Despite early success with their alpha launch, in 2020 it looked liked Parentaly might be over before it really began.  

It would turn out that the thing that threatened the very existence of her company would be the thing that made companies care more about the environment they created for parents. I can’t wait for you to meet this amazing woman. Enjoy!

Episode LInks

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• Learn more about Parentaly and check out their free parental leave resources