Parental Transition Coaching

Here’s why parental transition coaching matters

46%

of mothers said employers lack of empathy for working parents was a barrier to returning to work.

40%

of mothers found confidence a barrier when considering returning to work.

66%

of fathers would be encouraged to use more family-friendly policies if they were confident it wouldn’t impact their career.

At Parent and Professional, we provide Parental Transition Coaching for our clients to help them break down the barriers for parents returning to work following parental leave.

Contact us today for more information or to discuss how we can help support you and your employees going through this transition.

What we offer

1-1 parental transition coaching

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Small group workshops for new parents

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1-hour webinars for new parents

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CPD certified parental transition e-learning portal

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What is Parental Transition coaching?

Parental Transition coaching is a way of providing support for employees around their maternity, paternity or parental leave.

This is a critical period in their personal lives as they leave work to become a parent and return to the demands of career management in their professional lives.

Organisations are increasingly recognising the importance of caring for employees at this time and offering parental-transitional coaching is a great way to achieve this.

10 years ago, ‘maternity coaching’ used to be seen as a way of increasing return rates from maternity leave and a way to reduce the likelihood of a legal discrimination claim. Parental-transition coaching has replaced maternity coaching and is a vital part of an organisation’s talent retention strategy and overall D&I consideration. It is now about supporting parents and carers to find the right work/family balance; it is also about educating managers to support their employees through change.

Parental Transition webinars and workshops

Preparing for family-related leave

Preparing to return to work

Returning to work

Managing your career and family balance

New and Expectant Dads

Supporting you as a single working parent

Mental health and resilience for parents and carers

Overcoming the imposter phenomenon

Boosting visibility as a working parent or carer

Breaking out of the comfort zone

A quick boost to personal effectiveness skills

7 key strategies to becoming an incredible time manager

Career management portal

Have you discovered our career management portal?

The online career management portal supports employees through life and family transitions.

It offers interactive e-learning content and complements our coaching, offering a fully blended learning programme. It can also be used as a stand-alone learning solution.

Find out how else we can help

Inclusive leadership

Work-family balance

Wellbeing at work

Working carers

Menopause and midlife

P&P online portal

Since becoming the first British university to admit women in 1868, UCL has been committed to advancing the careers of women in science. One of its latest priorities is helping women to tackle the barriers that can hinder career progression after they become a parent or carer.

“New mothers have become much more confident about getting what they need from both home and work to progress their careers.”

What our clients have to say...

“I wanted to share my positive experience with Laura Shuckburgh’s Menopause coaching sessions. Laura quickly understood me, offering compassionate, honest, and empathetic guidance. Her sessions have been both fulfilling and inspirational.”

Natalie Thompson

Wellbeing and CSR Manager, Schroders Personal Wealth

“Through in-depth evaluation of our comprehensive parental-transition coaching programme across the UK, P&P has reported an increase in return and retention rates of those women returning from maternity leave.”

Head of Diversity, Global Wealth Management Organisation

“What impressed me the most was your evident understanding of the issues facing parents returning to work at a senior level.”

Senior Tutor, NCT

“The workshops are both practical and thought-provoking and everyone who attends walks away feeling motivated and supported by us, P&P and their fellow colleagues.”

Head of HR, Financial Services

“The coaching that P&P provides not only offers essential support to help people manage the parental transition, but reinforces our values and aspirations.”

Head of Diversity and Inclusion, Legal and General

“We have received really positive feedback from the parents who attended P&P’s workshops.”

Head of HR, Investment Organisation

“We have received very healthy feedback from participants who attended, who have reported that the parental transition is an area in which they need most support in order to make a smooth transition between parenting and work.”

Chair of Parents and Carers Network, UCL