Caregiving touches everyone at some point, whether we are the caregiver or the cared for. Becoming a parent, supporting aging parents, and managing invisible labor are life-altering shifts.

It is the most common leadership training program no one talks about. While nearly every employee will face caregiving at some point — becoming a parent, supporting aging parents, or managing invisible labor — there’s still an unspoken expectation to move forward as if nothing has changed.

That’s the story writer and advocate Alli Kushner is telling.

Six months after having her first child, Alli checked herself into an intensive program for postpartum depression. Her raw, unflinching essay about that experience appeared in the New York Times’ Modern Love, and since then her writing has been published in Forbes, Fast Company, Business Insider, HuffPost, and more, and she’s appeared on outlets including NBC’s South Florida Live and Good Morning Austin.

Today, she speaks to Fortune 500 organizations about how caregiving rewires us — and how that rewiring can become a source of leadership strength.

Why this story matters:

– Caregiving identity shifts are inevitable — nearly every employee will face them.
– Supporting caregivers is not just the right thing to do, it’s a competitive advantage.

Alli can speak to:

– How caregiving reshapes identity (and why that’s an asset, not a liability)
– The hidden skills caregiving sharpens
– Why supporting caregivers should be seen as a positive bottom-line business issue

Keynote: You’re Not the Same Person, And That’s the Point – a candid, story-driven session on identity shifts after big life changes and why evolution is the goal, not bouncing back.

Attendees leave with:

– Why “bouncing back” is the wrong goal and what to aim for instead
– The hidden skills caregiving sharpens that no resume captures
– How to lead and work with empathy when capacity looks different
– Small but powerful ways to make big transitions less isolating
– Real-world strategies leaders can use right away

Supporting caregivers is not just the right thing to do, it is a competitive advantage for retention, inclusion, and culture.