Parental Transition Coaching for Expecting Parents
One-on-one personalized support and a structured process to successfully navigate this major life, work, and identity transition to becoming a working parent
Concerned about diving into this new chapter without enough support?
- Dreading making your pregnancy announcement at work?
- Confused about your company's parental leave policies and benefits?
- Unclear how to offboard your work responsibilities when you're out?
- Concerned about an out-of-touch manager?
- Don't know what you don't know?
- Lacking a trusted thought partner to work through possibilities?
- Worried about how to manage it all?
- Unconfident asking for what you need at work or home?
- Concerned about baby feeding and childcare when you return to work?
- Unclear about your career in this next stage of life?
Most expecting parents are. Even if it's not their first child.
Employees rank parental leave as the most important, challenging, and vulnerable moment in their employee lifecycle.
Yet it’s the time when they feel the least supported (second to offboarding).*
*Enboarder Parental Leave Survey
Parental transition coaching helps you confidently prepare for parental leave, spend time with your newborn, and return to your career
Thrive personally and professionally in your role as working parent, both as worker and as parent
The three-phase parental transition coaching program provides one-on-one support before, during, and after parental leave
Preparing for Leave
- Establish coaching relationship
- Take assessment and review strengths and liabilities
- Announce the news
- Create a leave and return-to-work plan
- Craft and share communication strategies for during leave
- Prepare for the parenting journey ahead
During Leave
- Announce the baby’s arrival
- Receive postpartum support
- Implement leave and communication plans
- Test out support structure
- Prepare for the return to work
Returning to Work
- Support welcome back and work reintegration
- Problem-solve any issues that may arise
- Re-establish confidence
- Maintain clear boundaries and expectations
- Check in on career development and goals
The coaching program includes an array of resources to support you along your journey
A step-by-step guided process with tools, activities, and resources
Personalized 1:1 coaching based on individual needs and circumstances
The evidence-based Parental Leave Transition Assessment (PLTA)™ to identify focus areas
A clear, shareable, actionable plan for leave including offboarding and reintegration
A straightforward communication strategy to establish guidelines during leave
Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders (PMAD) screenings
Best practices for navigating leave
Built-in flexibility to adapt to the unexpected
An accompanying online learning experience
Feel seen, heard, and supported throughout this monumental transition with:
- A thoughtful, individualized 1:1 coaching experience
- Confidential, safe space to share with an unbiased third-party thought partner
- An integrated focus across all aspects of work, life, and wellbeing
- The sense of being valued, appreciated, and respected
- Expert guidance in uncharted territory and a sense of clarity in the unknown
- Inclusive support for any type of expecting parent/family
Develop trust and self-assurance in owning your new integrated identity
Reduced stress, overwhelm, and guilt
A renewed look at values, goals, and priorities
Fresh perspective on strengths, skills (old and new), and inherent worth
Improved communication at home and work
Increased resilience and self-care
Less feeling of isolation and more comfort in asking for help
Self-advocacy and definition of boundaries
Improved parent-child bonding and child outcomes
Revisited career goals and progression path
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