Coaching Pods
Group coaching for aspiring professional women
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Aspiring women are more likely to thrive (and stay) at your company when they are supported by group coaching. Our ICF-certified coaches help aspiring women develop practical workplace skills, increase confidence, and achieve more ambitious career goals. The small group setting is also conducive to establishing meaningful connections with colleagues.
The Power of Pods
Use the questions below to assess whether Coaching Pods fit your organization. “Yes” to one or more questions strongly indicates they do.
Do aspiring professional women below the director level in your organization want to:
- Stretch beyond their comfort zone
- Build confidence and better self-advocate
- Become more self-aware and skillful to create a more significant impact
- Expand or deepen professional relationships inside and outside of the company
- More effectively navigate a male-dominated culture or team
- Experience more fulfillment
- Have more support and tools to advance their career
- Be part of an inner circle of professional peers at similar career stages
- Benefit from the support and practical business experience of a certified coach
How it works
First, we meet with you.
We learn about your company objectives and current challenges and align on overall program needs. Based on our experience, we recommend 8-12 women per Pod.
Pods can be developed based on common functions or they can be cross-functional.
Next, we create a Pod Plan.
We contextualize the Equipt learning agenda to reflect the needs of your organization. This includes:
- Select the Equipt coach(es) with relevant industry expertise and experience
- Contextualize our proprietary Momentum curriculum for review and approval
- Incorporate new learning experiences as needed to achieve desired outcomes
- Develop a schedule with monthly two-hour online sessions or twice-monthly, one-hour sessions
- Prepare communications to support company messaging/launch
Then, we
- Kick-off with an inspiring session. We provide a keynote or a fireside chat with key executives to build excitement and buy-in around the importance of taking ownership of your career and professional development.
- Issue a short survey. We conduct a survey to understand individual goals and expectations and help our coaches contextualize the learning experience.
- Onboard the Pods. We host onboarding sessions so each participant understands the value of coaching, and the importance of personal engagement to get the full value of the experience and to build trust.
- Coach the Pods. Each Pod meets online for 2 hours each month. Each session’s first half of the agenda focuses on connection, updates, and pressing issues. The second half of the agenda is structured content around skill development.
- Engage the managers. We know that women thrive when managers support their professional development. Therefore, we provide optional communication directly to managers to guide them in supporting their participants during the Pod program.
- Encourage Pod relationships. Each participant is encouraged to connect with Pod members outside the standing sessions each month. These relationships fuel connection, professional development, and personal growth.
- Measure the impact. At the mid-point and conclusion of the program, we issue participant and manager surveys. This allows us to determine the program’s impact and celebrate successes.
Pods produce powerful outcomes
- Expand their view of what’s possible in their careers
- Build their confidence
- Expand and strengthen relationships
- Expand personal ambition
- Self-advocate with more impact
- Avoid burnout
- Overcome imposter syndrome
- Get promoted
- Seek out stretch assignments
- Integrate work and home life more effectively
The details
Timing
Optional – 5 or 10 months. For 2 hours each month. Coaching is a journey and achieving the desired outcomes requires commitment. Mandatory attendance is strongly advised for the best learning experience and outcomes.
The technology required
Computer (or tablet) Computer (or tablet) equipped with:
- Camera
- Microphone
- Internet Access
- Zoom
TESTIMONIALS
“I am more equipt…
…to self-advocate to my manager for merit increases and promotions.”
…to be myself, ask for help, and no longer compare myself, my skills and my experiences to other people.”
…to advocate for myself because I’ve learned more effective ways to think about my professional life, skills, and needs.”
...to have a career and role I'm thriving in. I feel empowered by my inner confidence and knowledge to make decisions that are right for me - today and in the future.”
...to dream big because of the valuable insight and support I've gained from the Equipt Women group of mentors and peers.”
...to advocate for myself and navigate the workplace easier, because of the strength and confidence I’ve gained through the Equipt program.”
...to embrace my ambitions because I have developed clarity and confidence in myself to take charge of my personal and professional life.”
...to speak up in meetings and ask powerful questions because of the weekly learning sessions that EW thoughtfully put together.”
...to take control of my career and connect to my "strongest self" because of this incredible group of women who have shown me that not only is it okay to set standards for my career and working environment, it's my responsibility to myself.”
…to seek feedback because feedback is the breakfast of champions!”
…to leverage my strengths because I understand how to identify them and use them to create a positive impact in my professional and personal life.”