Hi Everyone,
This week has been an exciting time in my house, my youngest daughter has just graduated from University with her 2:1 BSc Geography and I am one very proud Mum!
It has not been an easy time for her as she has worked through her final year and now safely at the end of the degree it seemed to me that this would be a very exciting time for her as she started to plan the next stage of her life. However along with a large number of her friends this new status seems to have come with a new set of challenges, what is this new stage of her life to be?
Will she seek employment and a car and all the trappings that go along with that or is this a time to explore the world and all that it has to offer, or are there other things that I have yet to hear about that she might have up her sleeve?

This dilemna got me thinking that although as adults we may have gone through University with a clear expectation at the end of what our next step might be, the choices for young people today are somewhat different to the ones we had. travelling is now a favoured option by many, others like to take on a number of different jobs to widen their CV prior to looking at longer term options while others may opt for straight employment or maybe graduate schemes. One thing that seems to be common for many young people is the lack of "something" that prevents them moving on. For some that may be confidence, others may have a lack of understanding about the processes, for others it may be a a lack of awareness or knowledge about what to do.

So my thoughts went on, how could I as a life coach help with this process?
I thought about the model I work to and realised that the model would work perfectly to help the graduates consider their options. The next stumbling block may have been the price, so as a Mother of a new graduate I thought about how could this be made accessible for penniless graduates?

In training as prospective coaches, we were encouraged to consider the perceived value of the coaching for the client, and with this in mind I started to consider the costings and how I could encourage the graduates to come along and have a taster of what the coaching could offer to them. To this end I am offering taster sessions in what will be a user-friendly format where a group of up to 5 graduates can book my services for a flat fee of £300 for 3 x 2 hour sessions.
In this way we can begin to look at the coaching process, they will each gain an understanding of how coaching works and they will be able to make a plan for the next steps of their life. At the end of these three sessions the graduates can negotiate further group sessions if this is working for them or they may prefer individual sessions either by phone or face to face to move them on to their desired outcome.

One thing I will guarantee is that provided they come along committed to the process the coaching will work and will shift some of the perceived blocks in their minds that may be preventing them from achieving their goals and by the end of the three weeks plans will be in place to move them on!

The pay off for me is that once these young people have experienced the power and effectiveness of coaching they will want to come back to be coached over issues such as work-life balance, career coaching, stress management and other things they may encounter in their working lives.

So how about it, why not check this out on the website and book those sessions now, coaching at these prices cannot last. In fact Mums and Dads would this not be a wonderful investment as a Graduation present to help those off spring, spring forth into the rest of their lives?

Check it out now at www.barbaracobboldcoaching.co.uk