Parental-transition coaching is a vital part of an organisation’s talent retention strategy and overall D&I consideration
What is parental-transition coaching?
Parental-transition coaching is a way of providing support for employees around their maternity or paternity leave. This is a critical period in their personal lives as they leave work to have a baby 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 both mums and dads to find the right work/family balance; it is also about educating managers to support their employees through change.
Why is parental-transition coaching important for your business?
Parental-transition coaching is such an important aspect of any business. Creating a family-friendly organisation consists of far more than simply adhering to creating competitive maternity or paternity policies (however this is a good way to start!)
The evidence for supporting employees’ emotional and physical wellbeing through any period in their lives is well documented and undisputed. Furthermore, good support from the work place through the parental- transition has been proven to improve loyalty and retention of employees. In fact, we can now help HR track results of the parental-transition coaching for your business. This is because we measure key D&I factors such as; confidence in career progression, work/family balance as well as the extent to which employees now feel more supported by their companies.
How P&P can help…
At P&P, we work with you to provide support for your employees through parental-transition coaching. We have developed a 5-step plan for success;
Step 1: we will work with you to identify your key drivers, organisational objectives and success criteria
Step 2: we will produce marketing material and comprehensive preparation documents for your employees
Step 3: we will introduce your employees to a selection of our global parental- transition coaches
Step 4: once the coach has been chosen, we make the introductions and the coaching begins
Step 5: comprehensive evaluation takes place at the end of the coaching relationship
If you would like more information on Parental-Transition Coaching please contact us. We will talk through our process and make a plan that suits you and your business.