251: Supporting Working Parents with Karen Schwarzbach, Global Program Manager for Wellbeing and Life Stages at Salesforce

Published: Aug. 18, 2022, 7:30 a.m.

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This year Salesforce has been recognized on the FORTUNE \\u201c100 Best Companies To Work For\\xae\\u201d list for the 14th year in a row.\\xa0With philosophies such as \\u201cwe don\\u2019t define family for you\\u201d and \\u201csuccess from anywhere\\u201d, they are driving business success while supporting the wellbeing of 80,000 employees across the globe. This episode gives you a peek inside one of Salesforce\\u2019s many employee benefits - parenting support (and a whole lot of it).

Guest, Karen Schwarzbach, serves as the Global Program Manager for Wellbeing and Life Stages at Salesforce. Her work at Salesforce encompasses the full life cycle from family forming through elder care support.

Previously, Karen worked as a National Workforce Health Consultant at Kaiser Permanente and as a Health Improvement Strategist at Cigna, in addition to owning and operating her family wellbeing consulting practice for over 15 years.\\xa0

In this interview, Karen talks about her role at Salesforce and the drivers behind the focus on parents. She explains some of the inventive resources she offers the 80,000 employees across the world and how she determines what to offer.

If you\\u2019re worried this interview doesn\\u2019t apply to you because you don\\u2019t work in big tech, fear not, Karen offers wonderful advice for any organization wanting to support working parents.

To learn more about my new program, visit:\\xa0https://everydayresilience.co/resilience-for-self-leadership/

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