Navigate the transition to working parenthood with coaching support
We invite new parents and parents expanding your family to partake in the Working Parent Coaching program. This offering will help you develop skills to manage your changing work and family responsibilities during this exciting and transitional time. Enrollment deadline is the 25th of each month.
Check to see if you are eligible for the program before you get started (see FAQ #2 below). Sign up and select the date you’d like your coaching engagement to begin. On that date, you’ll receive an email invitation from Torch to create a match profile on the coaching platform so we can find a coach that fits your needs.
Important: Be sure to review the eligibility requirements for Working Parent Coaching prior to enrolling. If you do not meet the requirements, you are still able to explore coaching through the Coaching for All program, a 1:1 coaching support to assist our employees in achieving business results and career goals. Be sure to visit go/coaching for more details on how to sign-up.
Thanks — your enrollment is in.
You’ll receive an email invitation from Torch on your selected start date with details on creating your match profile.
How coaching works
Three phases — from enrollment to ongoing partnership.
Sign up by selecting the date you’d like your coaching engagement to begin. On that date, you’ll receive an email invitation from Torch to create a match profile on the coaching platform so we can find a coach that fits your needs.
Estimated effort: 15 minutes
Look for an email from Torch where you will learn more about the coach who will guide your experience. Once you match with your coach, your 3-month coaching engagement begins.
Estimated timeline: 1 day
Discuss with your coach the cadence you would like to meet and book these sessions so you make the most of your experience.
Estimated effort: a few hours per month
How it works
Every Torch engagement follows the same four-step rhythm.
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THE BENEFITS
Strategic Planning
Identify the supports and resources you will need before, during and after leave to help make for a seamless and supportive work transition
Professional Support
Develop the skills and confidence needed to help you manage through this important change at work
Forward Looking
Learn how the skills you employ daily as a new, or current working parent can be applied to your current or future role
Frequently asked questions
A coaching engagement is an individualized journey with a certified coach. It’s a time for participants to identify challenges and solutions through a facilitated and personalized learning experience. The Working Parent Coaching program will help new parents and those expanding your family to navigate their changing work/family responsibilities in terms of their work. We anticipate some things you might focus on are pre-leave, long-term career planning concerns (i.e. “How will having a child impact my standing as a professional?”), pre-leave, short-term concerns (i.e. “How can I prepare myself and my team to function well in my absence?”), as well as post-leave, reintegration concerns (i.e. “How am I going to balance my current workload with my new responsibilities?”) Through coaching, participants will identify goals and behaviors that are important to them during this changing time, and discuss strategies to help achieve those objectives.
Working Parent Coaching is offered to 1) Soon-to-be parents who are preparing for the arrival of their child and 2) new parents who welcomed a child or have returned to work from a maternity/paternity/parental leave within a year.
Working Parent Coaching has very specific eligibility requirements that are tied to the life event of welcoming a child as a soon-to-be parent or new parent. LinkedIn does offer other coaching programs: Coaching for All provides all full-time LinkedIn employees with the opportunity to engage in 1:1 coaching with a certified coach or AI-powered coach to support their personal development. Live 1:1 coaching engagements vary from 6 weeks up to 8 months, depending on your role level and specific coaching goals. The engagements offered through the Coaching for All program are independent of other role, org-specific, or more technical coaching programs such as Blueprint Coaching or the Service Quality Program in GBO. Learn more about Coaching for All at go/Coaching. Lyra Health / Irish Health, our Employee Assistance Program (EAP), supports mental and emotional wellness. Though not designed specifically to help with career coaching for parents, they can still guide you through various challenges to you and your well-being, as a new parent. Learn more on go/InLife > EAP. If you are eligible, we highly recommend you opt for the Working Parent Coaching program and utilize this curated experience fully, prior to considering enrollment in other coaching programs.
With coaching, you have unlimited access to 45-minute, 1:1 coaching sessions for 3 months. Once you sign up, you’ll receive a matching survey to help get you paired with the right coach. As part of this commitment, we also ask that you complete feedback surveys so we can iterate on this experience. Your feedback is aggregated and confidential. Note: If you are a Prospective Parent, you can move into the New Parent engagement, in which you will be able to access another 3 months of coaching. Make sure to register again on go/wpc as a “New Parent” and Torch will be in touch about next steps.
That’s fine and we appreciate you letting us know so that your spot can be allocated to other employees. Please file a ticket with Talent Services via go/helpin.
Your 3 months of coaching begins the day you’ve matched with your coach.
Yes. You are eligible for two coaching engagements with Torch through the Working Parent Coaching program: prior to the birth or placement of your child, you can access 3 months of unlimited 1:1 coaching. Upon your return to work after you have welcomed a child, you can access an additional 3 months of unlimited 1:1 coaching. You may sign up within 1 year from when you have returned to work.
Our program is intended for employees only.
No, our Working Parent Coaching program is currently only offered to soon-to-be or new parents.
Confidentiality between you and your coach exists to allow you to discuss your concerns or any gaps and explore new ideas freely.
If you have questions for LinkedIn about eligibility, benefit, or start/stop of your engagement, please visit go/inlife for additional FAQs, or submit a ticket with Talent Services via go/helpin. If you have any additional questions about coaching or technical related questions, reach out to help.torch.io.