What it's all about

One of the many challenges of parenthood is when children get to the age where, despite your worry, they simply do not want to discuss their personal lives. After all, they are trying to break free and grow up, while a part of you wants to hold on. On the flip side, they may tell you everything and ask the hard questions. Perhaps you don't feel as though you have the right answers or when you think you do, they may refuse to take any advice on board. Your child may be quickly becoming an expert at filtering out anything you have to say!

If you want your child to receive support, one solution can be to hire a youth ‘growth’ coach. Parents do not hesitate to hire a piano teacher, swim coach or maths tutor. Yet when it comes to things like motivating, confidence-building, managing perspective, leadership and dealing with change, parents feel pressure to do it all themselves. It takes courage and personal insight as a parent to say "I am not the right person for this job". I have been fortunate enough to work with over 20,000 youth both individually and in teams all around the world. I believe I have found the perfect recipe involving experiential learning, coaching, self-reflection and personal challenge to assist our young people with making sense of themselves, their responsibilities, their goals and the never-ending challenges that come with growing up. 

Success starts with knowing the end goal

Sometimes young people can feel like they are stuck on a never-ending roller coaster. The expectations they have on themselves, as well as the pressures of fitting in, growing up and planning a future can all make it hard for them to cope. The below options are designed to support your child with some of the common challenges they may face along their journey. Although there are different outcomes, all of these coaching packages will result in your child enhancing their emotional intelligence, attitudinal competence, self-confidence and self-worth. 

What we deliver

While every individual faces different challenges throughout their years, we note that there are some common areas where young people often need support. Coaching packages include but are not limited to:

School Transition - Primary to Intermediate & Intermediate to Secondary

Who is it for?

The primary / intermediate and intermediate / high school transition can be an intimidating jump! To a young person it can be the biggest thing in the world. This programme is designed to resource your child with personal leadership tools to make this transition as enjoyable and constructive as possible.

Age range

Year 6-8 

Topics include

• Managing perspective
• Power of influence
• Having courage
• Dealing with change

Process

• 4 x 60min home based sessions
• 1 x 90min personal challenge
• 3 and 6 month (60min) follow up session
• Pre and post parent meeting
• Email support

Leadership Coaching - defining and aligning personal leadership philosophy

Who is it for? 

Whether it’s stepping into a senior school role or becoming the captain of a sports team, there are so many opportunities at school to exercise leadership. Even as adults we can struggle to communicate with young people what exactly being an effective leader looks like. Following this programme, not only will your child have a deep understanding of their leadership philosophy, they may even teach you something! The final session will involve the participant delivering a presentation to close friends and family. They will share what has been learnt and how they will apply it during their role as a leader.

Age range

Year 8 - 13 - these sessions will be pitched at a level that will match your child's current leadership role / responsibilities.

Topics include

• Creating values
• Developing vision
• Effective communication
• Motivating a team
• Defining personal leadership philosophy

Process

• 5 x 60min home based sessions
• 3 and 6 month (60min) follow up session
• Pre and post parent meeting
• Email support

Winner's Mindset - in sport, art, music, drama

Who is it for?

During these sessions your child will explore different ideas and strategies to assist them with whatever areas they are passionate about outside of the classroom.

Increasing self confidence - breaking through limiting mental beliefs

Your child’s self-confidence is potentially the most important factor in how much they enjoy their life. During these sessions your child will have an opportunity to assess what kind of ‘glasses’ they are currently wearing to see the world and their place within it.

Real life review

That's not all...

  Please make contact to find out more, we would love to hear from you!