Comeback Coach

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Jessica talks to six brilliant women in big jobs talk about AMBITION. This is a snippet from career panel Q&A we hosted as part of The Talent Keeper Specialists' 10th birthday celebration (TTKS is the business behind the Comeback Community employee experience of which COMEBACK COACH is a part).

The six women:

• Daisy Allington - Chief Operating Officer, Cognitant
• Justine Anderson, Chief Operating Officer, BlackRock (EMEA)
• Debbie Dalzell, Global HR Director, GAM Investments
• Dr Melinda Rees, Chief Commercial Officer, Psyomics
• Jane Stiller, Chief Marketing Officer, ITV
• Selina Tyler, Head of UK Wholesale, Lombard Odier

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• DM Jessica on instagram @comebackcommuk
• Get Jessica's FREE fortnightly note, Pivotal.
• Watch our coaching Success Stories. 
• Take our new FREE Career Fuel diagnostic - and get a personalised free report.
• Read Mothers Work! How to Get a Grip on Guilt and Make a Smooth Return to Work by Jessica Chivers.
• Contact us about executive coaching.

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Jessica talks to six brilliant women in big jobs talk about SPEAKING UP. This is a snippet from career panel Q&A we hosted as part of The Talent Keeper Specialists' 10th birthday celebration (TTKS is the business behind the Comeback Community employee experience of which COMEBACK COACH is a part).

The six women:

• Daisy Allington - Chief Operating Officer, Cognitant
• Justine Anderson, Chief Operating Officer, BlackRock (EMEA)
• Debbie Dalzell, Global HR Director, GAM Investments
• Dr Melinda Rees, Chief Commercial Officer, Psyomics
• Jane Stiller, Chief Marketing Officer, ITV
• Selina Tyler, Head of UK Wholesale, Lombard Odier

Here's the Carla Miller event Jessica mentioned on 15/11/22 12 noon GMT.

MORE FOR YOU

• DM Jessica on instagram @comebackcommuk
• Get Jessica's FREE fortnightly note, Pivotal.
• Watch our coaching Success Stories. 
• Take our new FREE Career Fuel diagnostic - and get a personalised free report.
• Read Mothers Work! How to Get a Grip on Guilt and Make a Smooth Return to Work by Jessica Chivers.
• Contact us about executive coaching.

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Jessica talks to six brilliant women in big jobs talk about SUCCESS. This is a snippet from career panel Q&A we hosted as part of The Talent Keeper Specialists' 10th birthday celebration (TTKS is the business behind the Comeback Community employee experience of which COMEBACK COACH is a part).

The six women:

• Daisy Allington - Chief Operating Officer, Cognitant
• Justine Anderson, Chief Operating Officer, BlackRock (EMEA)
• Debbie Dalzell, Global HR Director, GAM Investments
• Dr Melinda Rees, Chief Commercial Officer, Psyomics
• Jane Stiller, Chief Marketing Officer, ITV
• Selina Tyler, Head of UK Wholesale, Lombard Odier

MORE FOR YOU

• DM Jessica on instagram @comebackcommuk
• Get Jessica's FREE fortnightly note, Pivotal.
• Watch our coaching Success Stories. 
• Take our new FREE Career Fuel diagnostic - and get a personalised free report.
• Read Mothers Work! How to Get a Grip on Guilt and Make a Smooth Return to Work by Jessica Chivers.
• Contact us about executive coaching.

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Hello Bright Minds,

I wanted to pop up and say hello and share a little bit about the tricky time I've had this year which has delayed season 4. That's what you'll hear in this 10 minute 'episode'.

If you'd like to be in touch about anything I mention:

• e-mail [email protected]
• Instagram: @comebackcommuk

Whilst season 4 is in the making I'm going to bring you 8 snippets from a brilliant career Q&A panel I hosted as part of The Talent Keeper Specialists 10th birthday gathering in London on 29.9.22.

The Talent Keeper Specialists is the business behind the Comeback Community™ employee experience, of which this podcast is a part.

Much love and best wishes,
Jessica

MORE FOR YOU

• DM Jessica on instagram @comebackcommuk
• Get Jessica's FREE fortnightly note, Pivotal.
• Watch our coaching Success Stories. 
• Take our new FREE Career Fuel diagnostic - and get a personalised free report.
• Read Mothers Work! How to Get a Grip on Guilt and Make a Smooth Return to Work by Jessica Chivers.
• Contact us about executive coaching.

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Hello Bright Minds and welcome to episode 41, with my guest Pippa Rudling, one of our very recent coachees. Pippa works for an institutional investment platform, in a sales & client relationship role, working with investment consultants and pension scheme trustees. She has two daughters – Poppy 4 and Jasmine 1 and I worked with Pippa when she was coming back from her second maternity leave.

HOW WAS YOUR RETURN TO WORK?

Could your return to work have been smoother? Could your line manager have been more empathetic?

Share these two short films (less than 2 minutes) with your HR Team today:

• Comeback Community employee experience – WHAT is it?
• Comeback Community employee experience – WHY do you need it?

We’re on a mission to keep everyone everywhere feeling confident, connected and cared for when they take extended leave from work. Our Comeback Community™ employee experience is designed to do just that.

We work with employers such as ITV, BlackRock and Lily’s Kitchen. 

BE IN TOUCH & FREE GOODIES TO SUPPORT YOU:

• Instagram: @comebackcommuk – talk to me, send me your questions, let me know about your return to work experience and what you think of the podcast.
  
  
• Twitter: @ComebackCommUK
  
  
• FREE Career Fuel guide for Professional Impact & Progression: 
  
  
• Comeback Conversations - FREE, monthly, online problem-solving sessions with Jessica and special guest.
  
  
• Mothers Work! How to Get a Grip on Guilt and Make a Smooth Return to Work by Jessica Chivers.

MORE FOR YOU

• DM Jessica on instagram @comebackcommuk
• Get Jessica's FREE fortnightly note, Pivotal.
• Watch our coaching Success Stories. 
• Take our new FREE Career Fuel diagnostic - and get a personalised free report.
• Read Mothers Work! How to Get a Grip on Guilt and Make a Smooth Return to Work by Jessica Chivers.
• Contact us about executive coaching.

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Hello, it’s me, Jessica Chivers for a different kind of episode to usual. It’s just me today – no guests - and in this ‘COACH’ episode I’m exploring seven Qs to ask yourself before you return to work. I’ve chosen these because over the last 18 years of executive coaching with people returning to work I’ve found these are the ones that really help set you up for success.

The seven Qs that I unpack one by one:

1.       Why am I returning to work?

2.       What will a successful return look, smell, sound and taste like?

3.       What’s the best that could happen?

4.       How are we going to share the load at home?

5.       What expectations do people have of me?

6.       What resources and support do I need?

7.       What’s gone well?

MORE FOR YOU

• DM Jessica on instagram @comebackcommuk
• Get Jessica's FREE fortnightly note, Pivotal.
• Watch our coaching Success Stories. 
• Take our new FREE Career Fuel diagnostic - and get a personalised free report.
• Read Mothers Work! How to Get a Grip on Guilt and Make a Smooth Return to Work by Jessica Chivers.
• Contact us about executive coaching.

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My guest today is Verena Hefti MBE, the founder and CEO of the social enterprise, Leaders Plus. She’s also the host of the Big Careers Small Children podcast on which I’ve had the pleasure of being a guest talking about how to progress your career when you work part time. Verena has three children and we’re talking when Verena is 6 months back from returning from her third maternity leave.

HOW WAS YOUR RETURN TO WORK?

Could your return to work have been smoother? Could your line manager have been more empathetic?

Share these two short films (less than 2 minutes) with your HR Team today:

• Comeback Community employee experience – WHAT is it?
• Comeback Community employee experience – WHY do you need it?

We’re on a mission to keep everyone everywhere feeling confident, connected and cared for when they take extended leave from work. Our Comeback Community™ employee experience is designed to do just that.

We work with employers such as ITV, BlackRock and Lily’s Kitchen. 

BE IN TOUCH & FREE GOODIES TO SUPPORT YOU:

• Instagram: @comebackcommuk – talk to me, send me your questions, let me know about your return to work experience and what you think of the podcast.
  
  
• Twitter: @ComebackCommUK
  
  
• FREE Career Fuel guide for Professional Impact & Progression: 
  
  
• Comeback Conversations - FREE, monthly, online problem-solving sessions with Jessica and special guest.
  
  
• Mothers Work! How to Get a Grip on Guilt and Make a Smooth Return to Work by Jessica Chivers.

MORE FOR YOU

• DM Jessica on instagram @comebackcommuk
• Get Jessica's FREE fortnightly note, Pivotal.
• Watch our coaching Success Stories. 
• Take our new FREE Career Fuel diagnostic - and get a personalised free report.
• Read Mothers Work! How to Get a Grip on Guilt and Make a Smooth Return to Work by Jessica Chivers.
• Contact us about executive coaching.

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Hello I’m Jessica and my guest coachee today is Jo, a Learning & Development Professional, who’s returning from maternity and redundancy to a new organisation in a brand new sector. She’s had a 13 year career in L&D and is taking up the role of Head of Performance and Capability three days a week – something she negotiated after applying for what was advertised as a full time role. She’s not new to making sector moves having worked in Healthcare, Education, Pharmaceuticals and now recruitment. She lives in Hertfordshire in the UK with her husband and son Albie.

If you would like a free coaching session with me for season four of the podcast click here.

KEY TAKE AWAYS 

1. Take the time to be inducted, to get to know the business and what stakeholders need from you – and take time to reflect on what’s going well, what’s energising you and where you might need some more support.
   
   
2. Put to one side any self-inflicted pressure to deliver in your first 100 days – this time is for laying the foundations.
   
   
3. Sector moves are entirely possible, so don’t let anyone pigeon-hole you. Jo has worked in healthcare, education, pharmaceuticals and is now moving into recruitment.
   
   
4. Your identity is a composite of the roles we play and what we value. When you start a new role you’re excited about and want to excel in, lower your expectations to be the best friend, wife, parent etc because this is the time you’re putting the professional part of you front and centre.

HOW WAS YOUR RETURN TO WORK?

Could your return to work have been smoother? Could your line manager have been more empathetic?

Share these two short films (less than 2 minutes) with your HR Team today:

• Comeback Community employee experience – WHAT is it?
• Comeback Community employee experience – WHY do you need it?

We’re on a mission to keep everyone everywhere feeling confident, connected and cared for when they take extended leave from work. Our Comeback Community™ employee experience is designed to do just that.

We work with employers such as ITV, BlackRock and Lily’s Kitchen. 

BE IN TOUCH & FREE GOODIES TO SUPPORT YOU:

• Instagram: @comebackcommuk – talk to me, send me your questions, let me know about your return to work experience and what you think of the podcast.
  
  
• Twitter: @ComebackCommUK
  
  
• FREE Career Fuel guide for Professional Impact & Progression: 
  
  
• Comeback Conversations - FREE, monthly, online problem-solving sessions with Jessica and special guest.
  
  
• Mothers Work! How to Get a Grip on Guilt and Make a Smooth Return to Work by Jessica Chivers.

MORE FOR YOU

• DM Jessica on instagram @comebackcommuk
• Get Jessica's FREE fortnightly note, Pivotal.
• Watch our coaching Success Stories. 
• Take our new FREE Career Fuel diagnostic - and get a personalised free report.
• Read Mothers Work! How to Get a Grip on Guilt and Make a Smooth Return to Work by Jessica Chivers.
• Contact us about executive coaching.

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My guest today is Carla Miller, host of the 'Influence & Impact for female leaders' podcast which sits in the top 20 management podcasts in the UK Apple charts most weeks. Her book Closing the Influence Gap: A practical guide for women leaders who want to be heard is available for pre-order now. 

We talk about:

• Choosing to be a solo parent
• Challenges associated with returning to work as a solo parent
• Increasing your impact when returning from maternity and other long breaks

 As mentioned in the episode: FREE TICKETS TO INCREASING YOUR INFLUENCE & IMPACT AT WORK with me and Carla on Tuesday 15th November at 12 noon.

HOW WAS YOUR RETURN TO WORK?

Could your return to work have been smoother? Could your line manager have been more empathetic?

Share these two short films (less than 2 minutes) with your HR Team today:

• Comeback Community employee experience – WHAT is it?
• Comeback Community employee experience – WHY do you need it?

We’re on a mission to keep everyone everywhere feeling confident, connected and cared for when they take extended leave from work. Our Comeback Community™ employee experience is designed to do just that.

We work with employers such as ITV, BlackRock and Lily’s Kitchen. 

BE IN TOUCH & FREE GOODIES TO SUPPORT YOU:

• Instagram: @comebackcommuk – talk to me, send me your questions, let me know about your return to work experience and what you think of the podcast.
  
  
• Twitter: @ComebackCommUK
  
  
• FREE Career Fuel guide for Professional Impact & Progression: 
  
  
• Comeback Conversations - FREE, monthly, online problem-solving sessions with Jessica and special guest.
  
  
• Mothers Work! How to Get a Grip on Guilt and Make a Smooth Return to Work by Jessica Chivers.

MORE FOR YOU

• DM Jessica on instagram @comebackcommuk
• Get Jessica's FREE fortnightly note, Pivotal.
• Watch our coaching Success Stories. 
• Take our new FREE Career Fuel diagnostic - and get a personalised free report.
• Read Mothers Work! How to Get a Grip on Guilt and Make a Smooth Return to Work by Jessica Chivers.
• Contact us about executive coaching.

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My guest today is Chris Ashton-Holt, a Director in EY’s Consulting business, leading the Project Development offering within their Sustainable Infrastructure team. He has worked there for nearly 12 years after joining straight from university, and within EY he focuses on setting large infrastructure projects up for success, with a particular focus on low carbon electricity generation including nuclear power. 

Chris has just returned from 4 months of shared parental leave following the birth of his fourth child and first daughter, Elodie. Chris has previously taken time off after the birth of his 3 boys Lucas (now 12), Leon (6) and Elias (4). 

We talk about:

- Genuinely sharing the mental load with his wife

- The experience of taking SPL

- Why it's worth taking SPL

- Working PT in a big job

- Being a father to four children

HOW WAS YOUR RETURN TO WORK?

Could your return to work have been smoother? Could your line manager have been more empathetic?

Share these two short films (less than 2 minutes) with your HR Team today:

• Comeback Community employee experience – WHAT is it?
• Comeback Community employee experience – WHY do you need it?

We’re on a mission to keep everyone everywhere feeling confident, connected and cared for when they take extended leave from work. Our Comeback Community™ employee experience is designed to do just that.

We work with employers such as ITV, BlackRock and Lily’s Kitchen. 

BE IN TOUCH & FREE GOODIES TO SUPPORT YOU:

• Instagram: @comebackcommuk – talk to me, send me your questions, let me know about your return to work experience and what you think of the podcast.
  
  
• Twitter: @ComebackCommUK
  
  
• FREE Career Fuel guide for Professional Impact & Progression: 
  
  
• Comeback Conversations - FREE, monthly, online problem-solving sessions with Jessica and special guest.
  
  
• Mothers Work! How to Get a Grip on Guilt and Make a Smooth Return to Work by Jessica Chivers.

MORE FOR YOU

• DM Jessica on instagram @comebackcommuk
• Get Jessica's FREE fortnightly note, Pivotal.
• Watch our coaching Success Stories. 
• Take our new FREE Career Fuel diagnostic - and get a personalised free report.
• Read Mothers Work! How to Get a Grip on Guilt and Make a Smooth Return to Work by Jessica Chivers.
• Contact us about executive coaching.