TRAINING

The Project

Create Front-line Training Program for the W.K. Kellogg Foundation

The W.K. Kellogg Foundation (WKKF) works with communities to help vulnerable children realize their full potential in school, work and life. They wanted to develop a program to help train people on the front-line to boost effectiveness at key points of contact using family-centered coaching. This kind of interaction focuses on the whole family, instead of focusing only on the interests of one person, to bring all aspects together to better serve the family. 

The Plan

I worked together with a consulting team and leaders in the Foundation to create a 2-day training program to effectively implement family-centered coaching. The family-focused approach aims to help families holistically because families don’t segment their lives in silos despite the fact that is how the system is organized. This approach aims to coach a family holistically rather than just focusing on the presenting issue. A Family-Centered Coaching Toolkit was developed for two-generation programs and others doing adult coaching to help them move to a family focused approach with the goal of increasing families’ well-being. The toolkit is designed to be flexible and adaptable to provide ease of use for coaches and trainers within those programs and organizations.

The Results

The front-line workers learned new skills, got much more engaged, and they are better equipped and empowered to achieve their goals. Interest is growing for the program beyond the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, and we have begun to offer the training to other organizations.