"Joining this program was truly the greatest decision I took at the beginning of the year. It pushed me to self-reflect and be confident about decisions I have taken...It was incredible to have other parents in the group as their stories were an inspiration and made me realize I was not the only one feeling a certain way... I truly can’t recommend this enough."
Past Participant
You don’t have to choose between thriving at home and succeeding at work.
You are a parent and a professional. You care deeply about your family and your career. Maybe you’re just back from parental leave. Maybe you’re fully in the trenches of working parenthood. Or maybe you’ve stepped back from paid work but still want to stay connected to your professional identity.
Wherever you are, you want more than advice. You want a space to reflect deeply, take action, and create real change.
You've read the books, listened to the podcasts, and shared sympathies with friends ...
However, genuine change occurs in spaces like this, where reflection leads to action, and action fosters lasting growth. Who you are as a parent, spouse, friend, and community member is important. This program aims to take a comprehensive approach to the various roles you fulfill, moving beyond traditional leadership methods that focus only on workplace duties.
Dual Perspectives. One Goal: You Thriving.
Chris speaks his experience coaching organizational leaders and themes relating to work-life balance.
Return with Confidence
Madeleine discusses how each session builds toward clear, practical outcomes. and how this program provides interactive coaching for parents on or returning from leave.
Group Coaching for Modern Parents
A community of practice based on Impact, Connection and Growth
In ten (10) sessions, you’ll become part of a peer community to examine your goals both as a parent and a professional. Using group coaching, guided reflection, and the Strength Deployment Inventory (SDI) tool, you will:
- Discover your strengths and how they show up in all parts of your life
- Manage conflict more effectively—whether in the boardroom or the playroom
- Reframe guilt and self-doubt into clarity and confidence
- Set boundaries around time and energy to avoid burnout.
- Apply strategies at home and at work to leverage your effectiveness and ability to connect with others
Why Group Coaching is a critical resource for the modern parent ...
In his 2024 advisory, the U.S. Surgeon General, Dr. Vivek Murthy, calls parental stress a serious public‑health issue — with nearly half of parents reporting that their stress feels overwhelming or renders them unable to function. He highlights how lonely, overstretched parents are bearing the weight of care with inadequate support, impacting not only their health but their children’s, too.
His recommended solutions span policy-level shifts (like paid family leave, affordable childcare, and workplace training) and personal-level supports — urging parents to build supportive networks, practice self‑compassion, and create spaces for real dialogue and community.
This is exactly what our group coaching offers:
- A real connection, not isolation — you’re part of a community of peers who get it.
- Reflection that leads to action — tactile steps to apply right away, not just talk.
- Tools for real life — navigating work, home, parenting guilt, boundary-setting, confidence, and more.
This program helps you practice being both a parent and a leader, with guidance, connection, and real-world strategies. Our program is different because it is led by executive coaches and facilitators who offer an inclusive experience and worldview of all genders. Additionally, ANYONE who identifies as a parent is welcome in our program.
Your Investment: Strong Parents, Strong Leaders, Strong Organizations
Why this program benefits organizations
This program builds leadership capacity at a pivotal career stage, equipping employees with skills in conflict management, boundary-setting, and strengths-based leadership. The result is stronger performance, higher retention of high-potential talent, and a healthier leadership pipeline for succession planning.
Why this program also benefits Stay at Home Parents
Parenthood requires a deep engagement with leadership. The efforts of stay-at-home parents are vast and often overlooked, making personal growth particularly important for those who choose this path. This program aims to enhance parents' skills in confidence, conflict resolution, and boundary-setting—allowing them to remain aligned with their professional identity while improving their leadership at home, within their community, and for future career prospects.
Your Investment Options
Integrated Leadership: Group Coaching for Modern Parents
Meet your Coaches/Facilitators!
A unique aspect of our program is that these sessions are designed and co-facilitated by a male/female duo! We are happy to present both Chris and Madeleine!
Madeleine Natale MA, ACC
Madeleine Natale is on a mission to increase support for working parents. She has run five successful parent and career group coaching programs, founded the UCalgary Employee Peer Support Group, and has facilitated a variety of workshops for working parents, including running a specialized group coaching workshop for Returnity. When she’s not crusading for working parents, she’s launching high-performing post-secondary students from professional programs into their careers or career coaching.
As a mom to a pandemic baby (now a kindergartener) and a three-year-old, Madeleine has lived the complexities of modern parenthood firsthand, from navigating life abroad with small children, to experiencing miscarriage to pivoting her career after parental leave.
Grounded in the belief that today’s workplaces are not built with parents in mind, Madeleine empowers parents with the tools, reflection, and community they need to navigate both professional and personal realities in ways that work for them.
Chris Lalchan P.ENG, PCC
Chris Lalchan is a Professional Engineer turned Certified Executive Coach who brings over 20 years of experience across corporate leadership, entrepreneurship, and parenthood. Having taken two separate parental leaves during his engineering career, he knows firsthand the pressures — and opportunities — of balancing family and professional growth. As the primary parent of two school-aged children, Chris understands how leadership at home and leadership at work are inseparable.
His coaching is shaped by both boardroom experience and lived family realities, making his approach practical, empathetic, and results-driven. When he’s not working with leaders, you can find him at the rink coaching his daughters’ hockey team.
Group Coaching Sessions
(Note: Content and exercises may change based on specific needs of the cohort)
Thrive at home. Lead at work. Grow in both.
This program is designed for you — the parent who wants to bring the best of themselves to both family and career. Coaching helps you move beyond survival mode into a place of clarity, confidence, and impact.
It’s time to stop choosing between being a great parent and a strong professional. You can be both.