The Hidden ROI of Leave
Most companies have leave policies. Very few have a leave experience worth defending.
The paperwork exists. The vendor is in place. Compliance is handled. And yet when you talk to employees who've actually used the system, the story is almost always the same — confusing, emotionally hard, and wildly inconsistent depending on who their manager is.
That's the gap we want to dig into.
Join Daniel and Stephen, hosts of The Modern People Leader, in conversation with Jessi Johanson (Chief Growth Officer at Tilt), Theresa Roma (Head of Insurance Solutions at Wellthy), and Marnie Robbins (Co-Founder of altHR Hive) as they unpack what it actually takes to turn leave from a compliance line item into one of the highest-leverage employee experience moments at your company.
In this session, we'll explore:
Why employees evaluate culture not on perks, but on how their employer shows up in vulnerable moments — and what the engagement data tells us about the cost of getting it wrong
How caregiving and leave are actually the same conversation, and why most companies are missing the trust signal months before anyone files paperwork
The lived-experience moments that determine whether a leave program is actually working — including what happens in the first 48 hours after an employee asks
Why operational efficiency isn't a back-office concern — it's a core part of the experience employees feel in real time
The full ROI story you can take back to your CFO — engagement, retention, return-to-work, and employer brand
Whether you're a CHRO trying to make a business case for investing in leave, a People Ops leader living the day-to-day reality of fragmented systems, or a benefits leader thinking about how caregiving and leave should be designed together, this conversation is for you.
Who should attend: CHROs, VPs of People, Heads of Benefits, People Ops leaders, and anyone responsible for the employee experience around leave, caregiving, and life-event moments.
Speakers
Jessi Johanson is the Chief Growth Officer at Tilt. She brings deep expertise in how employee experience around leave drives engagement, retention, and business outcomes — and works with people leaders on what separates programs that build trust from programs that erode it.
Theresa Roma is the Head of Insurance Solutions at Wellthy. She brings the caregiving lens to leave — helping companies see and support the long arc of caregiving demand that often begins months or years before a formal leave event.
Marnie Robbins is the Co-Founder of altHR Hive. She works with companies on the gap between what leave policies say and what employees actually experience — and on the manager-readiness work that determines whether a program works in practice.
About Tilt
Tilt is the leave experience platform built to help companies turn one of the most defining moments in the employee lifecycle into a source of trust, retention, and engagement. Tilt handles the operational complexity of leave — across federal, state, and company policies — while delivering a human, guided experience to every employee going through it.