Choosing to invest in working with someone like me is a decision I know all too well. Years of corporate experiences of being sold to terribly has sat heavy with me. As I shaped my own business and what I did (and didn’t) want to be when it came to working with organisations.
I make no bones about being open about my own values, the way our team works and what it feels like to work with us all. So, I thought I’d share a few behind the scenes realities of partnering with Power of the Parent. I think sprinkling a bit of the day to day reality is important before you book that intro call!
Three headlines to know…
1. We haven’t been able to help every organisation I’ve ever worked with
Sometimes this is painful. There have been examples where we’re just not the right style for each other. In other cases, we’re moving in different directions, like Client A. They were in the insurance industry and we delivered returner workshops for them for a while. The feedback was consistent – great workshops, but policies are inconsistently written and line managers are causing avoidable challenges. Client A didn’t want to put any line manager support in place, they believed there were isolated incidents but it wasn’t a big problem. Well, dear reader it was. It lead to a gentle but blunt conversation to say that we’d done as much as we could to help, but we thought it would be best for everyone if we parted ways.
Personally for me, I’m not in the market for taking people’s budget for the sake of it or making promises I know won’t translate into something tangible. I know it sounds a bit trite to some, but we’re here to add value not a load of hot air.
2. We will annoy some of your employees
We’re well versed in responding not reacting, watching the eye rolls and managing our facial expressions. Because what’s worse than a spicy opinion or question? One that isn’t said out loud to us.
Somebody thinking parental support is special treatment? Let’s discuss. Worried about what happens if all your team members want kids at the same time? Come on over and chat. It’s not about having an answer for everything (we really don’t) but we do have heaps of curiosity, fresh perspectives and careful, considered approaches to understanding different views. The art of disagreeing is just as important as getting everybody on side in our line of work.
3. Practical gets picked before strategy
And despite our love of bigger picture thinking and connecting the dots chat, we’re here for it. It’s become a bit of an art form over here for us to blend the day to day, often quicker actions, alongside getting organisations to zoom out and look longer term.
What this means in reality is that we can help you forge ahead with some up front practical actions, we will share alongside reminders of connecting things back to your strategy. We’ll have the tactical catch ups for how a project is going, but in it we’ll also ask the questions linking back to the longer term goals.
Interested?
When I set Power of the Parent up one of the definitions of success I used to talk about was a client not needing me anymore. Perhaps for the odd piece of work here and there, specialist coaching and workshops, but the foundations would be strong enough without the specialist presence. I think it still stands, probably with a few tweaks around the edges!
If you’re thinking 2026 is the year you might be ready to work with me and the Power of the Parent team (and this hasn’t put you off…) then you can book a call here. I’m not a pushy sales person, I want you to feel connected and excited to work with us – not backed into a corner or sold some sort of desperate, scarcity mindset service. There’ll be none of that on my watch!