My coach has been an invaluable support from me on returning to work and made the process much easier to cope with and helped me to adjust.

Jane - Maternity Coaching Client

Coaching

A whole 10 years ago, we launched THC on the founding belief that companies could do far more to support women through maternity leave, and that this would lead to improvements in gender diversity at the top of organisations, which would improve organisational performance as well as the wellbeing of women in the workplace. Happily, we've seen a lot of systemic change in that time and we've evolved a lot too.

 

  • THC have grown into a diverse team of 20+ experts who support organisations with diversity and inclusion in the broadest sense of the words. We worked in 50 different organisations last year, using 20 certified coaches.
  • There have been huge improvements within many companies; both in terms of how they manage the maternity transition and in the prominence given to DEI issues. Coaching has become an intervention offered to the many, rather than the few, and is seen as a performance enhancing solution rather than a problem solving one.
  • On a societal level, we have seen a change in the law, allowing Dads and same sex partners to take extended periods of leave. There are also more non-traditional families emerging, including more cohabiting couple families, more single parent families and more same sex couple families.

 

 

Our executive coaching uses the THC leadership model to explore three different lenses within the coaching.

Understanding Me

What lights me up
and what trips me up?

Understanding You

How can I improve how I am
in a relationship with others?

Understanding Us

How does the system impact on my effectiveness, and how can my awareness of that improve my effectiveness?
If I benefit from that system, how can I effectively use that privilege?

Executive Coaching

We believe that EVERYONE, no matter what their background, experience or position in the organization is, has more potential than they realise, and that EVERYONE has a role to play in improving the performance of the organisation as a result.We recognise that some people, particularly minority groups, have more barriers in the way of success than others. ALL of our coaching creates awareness of such systemic issues (not solely those who bear the brunt of them) so that we can enable systemic change as well as individual performance improvement via coaching.This means that we raise awareness of these systemic barriers (e.g. race, gender,neurodiversity) with those that are advantaged by the system as well as those that are disadvantaged.

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Coaching

3-6 sessions

“I thoroughly enjoyed my coaching sessions with my coach. The open yet professional way in which it was conducted really helped me feel like I was in the driving seat. I’ve come away with a clear action plan and feel more mentally equipped to face the many challenges ahead in life as a working mum.”

Melissa, Media industry

“My sessions with my coach inspired and empowered me to identify my core values, and feel more confident moving forward in my new role.”

Arabella, Media industry

“My coach has been an invaluable support from me on returning to work and made the process much easier to cope with and helped me to adjust. Not only is she brilliant at what she does, she is also absolutely lovely and made me feel very comfortable from the outset. I wanted you to know how much it has helped me in the hope that other women will have the opportunity to be supported by her.”

Media Industry, London

Parental Transition Coaching

We believe PTC holds relevance and impact for anyone going through the parental transition, both mothers and non birthing parents. We have worked hard to diversify our coaching community and are now well equipped to be able to support all family types. Coaching is proven to aid retention rates, enable parental leavers to hit the ground running on return and helps them with processing common emotions such as guilt or imposter syndrome. The returners we have worked with are clear on their reasons for returning, have awareness of what they have learnt and how they have changed as their family has grown and are focused on their long term career
success.

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Coaching

3-6 sessions

I am finding this whole process immensely positive, useful and more importantly actionable. I was able to go into my maternity relaxed about work which really allowed me to switch off before the birth of my son and really get my mind focused on the most important thing – his arrival and me becoming a mum! I currently feel confident about my role and am not sweating the small stuff. I also have a real sense of purpose in wanting to share this experience with other women to encourage others to go on this journey and to ensure that their maternity experiences are as positive as mine currently is. Every single mum we have deserves that. You have truly inspired me and I want to thank you wholeheartedly for that.
FL, Media industry

Life Events Coaching

We also believe that anyone dealing with other significant life events benefit from a helping hand, and we provide coaching for people around the menopause transition, fertility issues, miscarriage and bereavement. These are all significant transitions during which a specialist coach can support with emotional processing, reasonable adjustments and exploring the impact of the transition on lives and careers. Line manager support is also critical and, to that end, we have produced an
e-learning suite aimed squarely at supporting the line manager when these events arise in their teams.

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Coaching

3-6 sessions

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