HFD is designed around leveraging lived experience to engage ambitious, high-functioning fathers. This is a specific group often over-looked and under-supported in professional environments - who may often be expected to “just get on with it”.

We want to provide a space where fathers can pause, reflect and reframe - with relevance, relatability, and peer connection.

A High-Functioning Mums offering is currently in development to sit alongside HFD, but we’ve started where we believe the silence is loudest.

Yes. Inclusivity is core to the HFD ethos.

While the workshops are framed around the experience of career-driven dads, support from mothers and non-parents is welcome. Their perspectives are valuable and often help reinforce how to build mutual understanding and better partnerships at home and at work.

HFD is not about exclusion - it's about offering a space to explore a specific identity and challenge that is rarely discussed. We also make space for intersectional issues (e.g. caring for ageing parents, co-parenting, solo parenting, adoption, etc.).

That’s precisely the point. Most high-functioning professionals don’t realise how much pressure they’re carrying - until they’re given permission to stop and reflect.

HFD uses subtle, well-framed prompts and real-life scenarios to draw out issues that are already there - affecting focus, energy, leadership style, and personal wellbeing.

Firms that invest in this kind of proactive, preventative support are less likely to face performance dips, disengagement, or talent attrition down the line.

Yes - while we are not a clinical service, we will act if there is a safety risk:

• Confidentiality is respected, but not absolute: If someone indicates risk of harm to self/others, or immediate danger, we may need to involve emergency services and/or the firm’s nominated safeguarding contact.

• We are not providing medical or psychiatric care: Our service is peer support, coaching and training - not therapy.

• We will offer support to those who need to get proper help fast: The goal is a warm handover to nominated individuals within your organisation and appropriate professionals (EAP, GP, crisis line, emergency services).

HFD is not designed to be traditional 1:1 executive coaching - instead it is law firm focused, peer-based structured reflection, practical tools, and connection around shared lived experience.

What we cover includes:

• The immediate changes and realisations of becoming a new parent

• Managing career pressure - including taking parental leave / returning from parental leave

• Breaking stereotypes - managing professional and domestic pressure points.

• Legacy planning - financial and non-financial.

• Elder care - 360 degree parental responsibilities

Our core offerings, including 1:1 high-performance coaching, are inspired by real-world insights and application.

Fees vary by cohort size, delivery format and the level of tailoring and follow-on support required.

We offer a range of packages, ranging from:

• Workshop / keynotes

• Founding firm pilot

• Multi-session programmes

• Fully bespoke programmes

Following a 30-minute discovery call we’ll recommend the most appropriate option and pricing structure.

At HFD we consider the Return On Investment as multi-layered:

• Attraction and Retention: Senior talent who feel seen and supported will stay longer and perform better.

• Engagement: Participants report increased clarity, energy, and decision-making focus.

• Culture: HFD signals to your wider team that being a parent and leadership are not in conflict.

• Policy development: Firms that empower dads will stay ahead of cultural and legal paternity expectations.

Firms that support whole-person leadership retain whole-person loyalty.