Guest Interview Questions

Thank you for booking Kay Fontana as your special guest.  Below are questions you may use as guidelines for my guest interview.  To learn more about “The Grandcoach” and her e-book, 10 GRANDCOACH Survival Tips for Grandparents Who Are Raising Grandchildren, please go to www.thegrandcoach.com.

Radio and TV Guest Interview Questions for Kay Fontana, “The Grandcoach:”

1. Your business, Coaching For Quality, focuses mainly on helping baby boomers overcome the challenges of raising grandchildren.  This is a very unique group of coaching clients.  How did this all come about? (1 minute)
   
   
2. You are called “The Grandcoach.” From where did that originate? (2.5 minutes)
   
   
3. The statistics on the number of grandparents who are raising grandchildren are very overwhelming.  What can you attribute to this growing family issue? (1 minute)
   
   
4. This must have some impact on the grandchildren.  How are they affected by the change in their environment? (1.5 minutes)
   
   
5. Your business focuses on helping baby boomers overcome the challenges of raising grandchildren. What types of challenges can this situation create for grandparents? (1.5 minutes)
   
   
6. There is definitely an impact on the grandparents and the grandchildren in these situations.  Are other people impacted as well? (1 minute)
   
   
7. Baby boomers born between the years of 1946 and 1964 would put them around the ages of 45 to 63.  Are there grandparents who are older who may need your services, and do you offer assistance for them as well? (1 minute)
   
   
8. In your e-book, you have a section devoted to helping grandparents get assistance.  Where should grandparents go to get assistance? (2.5 minutes)
   
   
9. In your e-book, you have a section on understanding children’s temperament. How important is this in family relationships? (2 minutes)

Closing – Host Promotes Book to Listeners

Your e-book sounds like an excellent resource for grandparents who are raising grandchildren.  How can people obtain a copy of “10 GRANDCOACH Survival Tips for Grandparents Who Are Raising Grandchildren?” (1 minute)

Audience

Baby boomers, grandparents raising grandchildren, kinship care providers, parents, and retirees.

About the Author

Kay Fontana, “The Grandcoach,” helps baby boomers overcome the challenges of raising grandchildren. She is a certified coach with a bachelor’s and a master’s in education, and has dedicated over 20 years to teaching, training, mentoring and coaching.

Kay has authored 2 e-books: 10 GRANDCOACH Survival Tips for Grandparents Who Are Raising Grandchildren, and Put Your Goals Into POWERDRIVE: 10 Strategies for Getting What You Want Out of Life.  She is qualified to administer the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator and is a certified facilitator of the True Colors assessment and personal success seminar. 

Kay’s passion and purpose is helping others overcome challenges and reach their goals. Her coaching and training programs focus on helping grandparents who are raising grandchildren, by facilitating breakthroughs to life’s obstacles. She specializes in the areas of managing change and transition, reducing stress and conflict, understanding personality types and achieving goals.

Contact Information:

Kay L. Fontana, C.C., M.A.Ed.

“The Grandcoach”

http://www.thegrandcoach.com

http://thegrandcoachblog.com