Nuture Extraordinary
Welcome to Watering Seeds
There is extraordinary in everyone.
It is our responsibility to nurture that extraordinary.
Watering Seeds
is a not-for-profit
workforce readiness program,
providing high-quality coaching services to
newly- and nearly-employed young adults,
often first generation, from
untapped and underestimated backgrounds.
Watering Seeds. Leveling the Field. Nurturing Extraordinary.
Programs & Partners
The Meisel & Pesses
Family Foundation
What is Watering Seeds?
The Watering Seeds program is designed to help diverse, untapped, and underestimated young adults build the durable skills that will help them to succeed in the professional workplace.
Watering Seeds helps individuals grow from systemic, historical and first-generation challenges.
Watering Seeds provides coaching and professional development support to these young adults.
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Additionally, there are Watering Seeds programs to support the organization's supervisors and peers, helping to ensure long-term growth and success.
Why Watering Seeds?​​
Existing programs often do an excellent job of helping young adults move through college and graduate, but the support those programs provide ends as the students prepare to leave academia and move into the working world.
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In addition, there is a lack of professional development support for those who enter the professional world via SkillsFirst initiatives: Organizations are fine at supporting technical skills development. They are not as good at supporting the development of critically- important durable skills.
The Benefits of Watering Seeds
For individuals, the goal is to enter the professional world,
and then advance and succeed.
Understanding
Understanding what is expected of them in their new workplaces
Skill Building
Building important skills in communication, collaboration, networking, time management and professional presence
Action
Developing an action plan for their first 6 months on the job to help them stabilize and prepare to succeed
Support
Feeling supported, equipped and more confident as they make the transition to the business world
For the partner and funding organizations, the goal is to assure a well-prepared and capable cadre of young adults, ready to join the workforce, ensuring they are prepared for the unique demands of the business environment.
Extend
Complements and extends (not replace) the services provided by current Career Planning & Services offices
Pipeline
Develops a pipeline of well-prepared capable graduates, ready to contribute to the organization’s success
Insight
Gains further insight into the key challenges and opportunities students face after graduation
Next Gen
Develops the next generation of leaders equipped to navigate today’s work environment
Diverse
Creates a more diverse, fair, and inclusive set of corporate and civic leaders
Our Coaches
Watering Seeds offers a diverse team of highly-qualified coaches representing a wide range of backgrounds. These are individuals who coach as their career.
Their experience spans many decades across all industries, geographies and stages of one’s career.
Our coaches bring an approach that reflects our values of compassion, genuine interest in our clients, a personalized experience, and a commitment to helping everyone we serve achieve their best.
