Building the Future Workforce
Today’s young people and early career are entering a world of work that’s shifting fast - and they’re often expected to make big decisions without the tools, confidence, or self-understanding to do it well.
Where soft skills are business-critical, career paths are non-linear, and employers expect them to hit the ground running.
High Performing Futures helps young people (typically aged 15–24) explore their strengths, understand their potential, and build the skills needed to thrive in the future of work.
But this isn’t just about helping the next generation. It’s a commercial imperative. Businesses that invest in early talent development gain a competitive edge from building future pipelines to improving retention, inclusion and innovation. Future-ready organisations don’t wait for top talent to land at their doorstep—they help shape it.
All support is:
✔️ Tailored to the individual
✔️ Rooted in practical career and workplace insight
✔️ Built on coaching, not classroom lecturing
✔️ Backed by tools like The Young People Index® and real-world experience
Businesses of the future
For Employers: Early Talent with Impact
For Employers: Early Talent with Impact
For Employers: Early Talent with Impact
Looking to support young apprentices, interns or graduates?
We offer bespoke coaching and onboarding support early career to help them land well - and stay.
We help employers bridge the gap between potential and performance, developing early-career talent that’s self-aware, future-focused and commercially sharp.
This isn’t vague inspiration or box-ticking career advice. It’s high-impact coaching, grounded in two powerful tools:
The Young People Index® (The YPI) is an online assessment tool that empowers young people by highlighting their unique impact in terms of how they can best contribute to a team, organisation, project or role, boosting confidence and self-awareness.
The Young Person Ready Index is the bridge between your organisation and the Young Talent that is ready to thrive in the workplace
Group Workshops & Employer Programmes
For Employers: Early Talent with Impact
For Employers: Early Talent with Impact
Practical, high-energy sessions to prepare young people for what’s next.
We work with schools, youth organisations and employers to deliver engaging, inclusive sessions that help young people think differently about work and their role in it.
Popular topics include:
- Discovering your strengths and work style
- What employers are really looking for
- Emotional intelligence for early careers
- How to make confident choices without “having it all figured out”
- Navigating the first job, apprenticeship or workplace experience
📣 Sessions can be customised for schools, career weeks, or early talent onboarding.
Future Ready Foundations
For Employers: Early Talent with Impact
For young people exploring who they are and what they could do.
A guided coaching programme that blends self-awareness with career exploration, helping students or early career starters develop clarity and confidence.
Includes:
- Young People Index® profile and debrief
- 1:1 coaching sessions (typically 3–4)
- Exploration of strengths, motivations and values
- Future skills coaching: confidence, communication and self-leadership
- Personal action plan with career or education goals
💡 Great for sixth forms, colleges, outreach programmes and early careers teams.
Neurodiversity-Informed Coaching (Youth)
For young people who think differently—and need support that meets them where they are.
We offer inclusive coaching for neurodivergent young people, helping them build emotional resilience, confidence and workplace readiness without pressure to “fit the mould”.
This might include:
- Understanding energy, attention and focus
- Managing anxiety and transitions
- Developing workplace self-advocacy
- Identifying strengths often missed in traditional career advice
👂 Delivered by a qualified coach with specialist training in neurodiversity, emotional intelligence and youth development.
Mentoring for HR Professionals
Supporting the people who support everyone else.
High Performing Futures isn’t just about young people. It’s about mentoring the next generation of changemakers - whatever age. That includes the HR professionals who’ll lead the future of work.
The future of HR is about being able to influence change from the inside out.
Through High Performing Futures, we offer tailored mentoring for HR professionals - particularly those in standalone roles, early to mid-career, or looking to evolve into more strategic and impactful positions.
This isn’t about textbook theory. It’s real-talk mentoring, grounded in experience, empathy and a sharp understanding of how HR works in the real world.
We support mentees with:
- Building confidence and clarity in their HR identity
- Navigating complex relationships and internal politics
- Developing commercial and strategic thinking
- Influencing upwards and across the business
- Staying grounded and resilient in demanding environments
- Exploring the future of work and HR’s role within it
💡 For in-house HR pros, CIPD students, or independent practitioners who want a trusted sounding board and a safe space to grow.
