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Supporting Working Parents

Making it work.
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1:1 and group coaching that changes the way parents show up. At work and home. For themselves and others.

When people become parents, their whole world shifts. Yet at work, we can find ourselves carrying on as though nothing has changed—whether we’re the parent, a manager or an organisational leader.

Making the transition from working person to working parent requires consideration and planning. Not to mention ongoing communication. Without this, we can see performance and wellbeing suffer, progression stall and potential lost, either indirectly or through people leaving their organisation.

How Do You Do it supports your new and existing parents to successfully manage career and family, now and into the future.

Real Conversations, Real Outcomes

We work with your parents to define their own version of success. We do this by changing what people think is possible in shaping their work and family lives; helping them get clear on what they really want; and supporting them to say and do the things that will get them there.

Our proven approach—honed from working with thousands of parents across the globe—allows us to support the many life stages parents navigate throughout their working lives, from returning to work immediately after parental leave, to managing school transitions and beyond.

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Real outcomes for your organisation

  • Smooth and effective transitions, for individuals and leaders
  • Stronger everyday engagement
  • Contribution and productivity that sustains throughout time and change
  • Sharper business skills, with an emphasis on open, two-way communication
  • Improved retention and loyalty—people who actively want to stay and grow
  • More diverse and steady pipeline/s of talent for leadership and other key roles
  • Reduced individual wellbeing risk
  • Organisational role models who shape culture and positively influence others

Real outcomes for your parents

  • Connection with other leaders to normalise challenges and strengthen networks.
  • A practical checklist of strategies from peers and expert coaches.
  • Tangible plans for the ‘how’, including a focus on authentic communication.
  • Greater ease in surfacing and facilitating career and progression goals.
  • A safe, confidential space to share thoughts, feelings and experiences.

Example topics include:
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    The reality of being a modern, working parent

    • Explore and normalise key challenges and benefits.
    • Share practical tips and strategies for navigating work and family.

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    A clear and compelling version of success

    • Reframe possibilities and surface key boundaries and bottom lines.
    • Clarify values to guide alignment in behaviour and decision making.

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    Conscious, sustainable wellbeing

    • Understand the holistic and dynamic nature of wellbeing.
    • Address guilt and stress, including the role thinking plays in supporting—or sabotaging—success.

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    A conscious career: getting tactical about your development

    • Get clear on your direction and what works to make progress.

How Do You Do It offers 1:1 packages for smaller cohorts of working parents, right through to broad programmes (multi or standalone sessions) for all working parents within an organisation. We also work directly with leaders to help foster more open and consistent support of your parents.